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It’s the first Sunday of the month, which means a student illustrator will share some artwork this morning. Today it’s Jaime Kim<\/a><\/strong>, who is one of the winners of this year’s SCBWI<\/a><\/strong> (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) Student Illustrator Scholarship. This means, I believe, that she will soon head to New York City to meet picture book artists, editors, and art directors, so what a great time to feature her work. <\/p>\n Jaime is a student at the Maryland Institute College of Ar<\/a>t<\/strong>, is originally from South Korea, and has lived in the U.S. since the age of 18.<\/p>\n She tells us more about herself below, too, so let’s get right to it, and I thank her for visiting. <\/p>\n Jaime<\/font><\/strong>: There once was a little girl who could not sleep very well, because she was afraid of the dark. Then, one day her fear went away after she received a complete collection of picture books as a gift from her parents. Her fear went away when her mother read a picture book to her, and she could sleep easily at night. <\/p>\n This is a story of my childhood, and this is how picture books first became part of my life. <\/p>\n Reading or making picture books is a kind of meditation for me; I feel relaxed when I do so. <\/p>\n I am majoring in Illustration at Maryland Institute College of Ar<\/a>t<\/strong> (MICA). MICA has such a big illustration department that every semester I feel excited about choosing my classes. Among them, Shadra Strickland\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> Book Illustration and Advanced Book Illustration courses have convinced me that children\u2019s book illustration is my future field.<\/p>\n I love to make whimsical and dreamy illustrations, and acrylic paint is one of the best materials for me to convey those kinds of moods. Most of my works are created with mixed media, and I always re-touch texture and color through Photoshop. Sometimes I make all the layers separately in a traditional way, then scan and combine them in Photoshop, one by one. That process takes a long time but helps me to make better colors.<\/p>\n I am thinking about making a series of illustrations based on children\u2019s poems for my BFA thesis. It was my first poem illustration (image above) which won me the Society of Children\u2019s Book Writer and Illustrator (SCBWI) student scholarship<\/a><\/strong>. Poems are a great source of inspiration for me to create whimsical images. I always feel excited to making an imaginary landscape or dreamy mood, based on poems.<\/p>\n As you can see from these pieces above (Goldilocks and the Three Bears<\/em>), I am interested in re-designing traditional fairy tales and re-making them in a modern style of illustration.<\/p>\n I did this piece above (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/em>) for the SCBWI Illustrator Intensive program.<\/p>\n All artwork is used with permission Jaime Kim.<\/em><\/p>\n Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome. <\/p>\n I think I can summarize seven kicks here by saying that I saw a very entertaining show this week, Hurray for the Riff Raff<\/a><\/strong> opening up for Shovels & Rope<\/a><\/strong> at The Cannery in Nashville. Hoo boy, it was wonderful all-around. I’m now in the process of getting all of Hurray for the Riff Raff’s older music, because they’re just so good<\/em>. (See below, though that’s not the full band there.) And Shovels & Rope really put on quite the<\/em> show. <\/p>\n
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