What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Karen Lewis, Tom Sullivan, and Jennifer Thermes
October 7th, 2016 by jules
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it was time to start the long voyage home. …”
— From Jennifer Thermes’ Charles Darwin’s Around-the-World Adventure
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— From Jonathan Tweet’s Grandmother Fish:
A Child’s First Book of Evolution, illustrated by Karen Lewis
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Today over at Kirkus, I’ve got Henri Rousseau, René Magritte, Mordicai Gerstein, and Klaas Verplancke on the mind. That is here.
Last week, I wrote here about some new picture books about evolution (though one is more specifically about Charles Darwin) — Jonathan Tweet’s Grandmother Fish: A Child’s First Book of Evolution (Feiwel & Friends, September 2016), illustrated by Karen Lewis; Jennifer Thermes’ Charles Darwin’s Around-the-World Adventure; and Tom Sullivan’s I Used to Be a Fish.
I’ve got some spreads today from each book, and Tom and Jennifer also share some preliminary images (sketches and such). Let’s get to it, and I thank them for sharing.
(Early Sketches and Final Art):
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Around-the-World Adventure
(Preliminary Images and Final Art):
rough color thumbnails for planning the overall colors …”
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where we decided to de-clutter and emphasize the jungle scene over the factoids (which were moved to the back matter).”
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which didn’t change from the original dummy,”
followed by the final art
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while Charles took trips through the countryside, meeting the ship along the way.”
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in the rose-colored shadows and snowy peaks of the Andes Mountains.”
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(I posted a lot of sneaky-peek details on Instagram while working on final art.)”
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(Final Art):
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CHARLES DARWIN’S AROUND-THE-WORLD ADVENTURE. Copyright © 2016 by Jennifer Thermes. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York. Preliminary images used by permission of Jennifer Thermes.
GRANDMOTHER FISH: A CHILD’S FIRST BOOK OF EVOLUTION. Copyright © 2015 by Grandmother Fish, LLC, d/b/a Jonathan Tweet Studios. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Feiwel and Friends New York.
I USED TO BE A FISH. Copyright © 2016 by Tom Sullivan. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Balzer + Bray, New York. Sketches used by permission of Tom Sullivan.
