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It’s been nearly a year since publication and my first ever picture book was a collaboration with Children’s and YA Author Kate Louise/Ormand called Tough Cookie. Tough Cookie is about a gingerbread man who was accidentally baked without ginger and causes lots of trouble in the bakery because of this.
Working with Kate is still one of my favourite jobs to date and I wanted to talk about the differences between illustrating other people’s work than your own.
When working on Tough Cookie, I showed my roughs to not only our editor but to Kate as well so she had an idea as to how her story was looking. I personally would be going crazy if I couldn’t see those things so I wanted to show her! Not only that, it developed a discussion between us about small details we could add or change or things that we wanted to see more of.
The best part of working with another author is that you have someone else to enjoy the moments with. You can both smile when you see that children are reading your book and reading the reviews together. Sometimes working as an illustrator can feel quite lonely, so its certainly more fun working with other people!
Tough Cookie is published by Sky Pony Press and is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tough-Cookie-Kate-Louise/dp/1634501977/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&qid=1473062903&sr=8-22&keywords=tough+cookie
Grace Sandford is a freelance children’s illustrator and author from England. She graduated with a degree in illustration from the University of Lincoln in 2013 and has worked for publishers globally ever since. Grace has worked on colouring books, picture books, chapter books and children’s magazines for various publishers. Her first author/illustrator book ‘The Egg’ was published earlier this year in the UK.
When not working, you can find Grace listening to Bowie and hugging cats.
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Website: http://www.gracesandford.com/
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Follow Grace:
Website: http://www.gracesandford.com/
Blog: http://gracefacedesign.tumblr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GraceSandford
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gracefacedraws/
I agree, Grace, that collaboration is the best. I often think that I would rather have someone else illustrate my stories for all the same wonderful reasons you mentioned.
ReplyDeleteHi David, i'm glad you agree! It feels better sharing the journey of publishing with other people, it can definitely be more inspiring. Thank you for reading.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute drawings! I like the idea to show only parts of what is secondary. Something to remember. I wish you great collaborations in the future!
ReplyDeleteOh, that is delicious art! :D Thanks for the interesting behind the scenes look at how a collaboration works in making a PB!
ReplyDeleteSounded like a fun project! Great story, lively illustrations. Thanks for sharing your images and thoughts.
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