{"id":3542,"date":"2014-10-05T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T06:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2014-10-04T18:31:23","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T00:31:23","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-400-3d-style-featuringsusan-eaddy-maggie-rudy-and-karina-schaapman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3542","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #400, 3D-style: Featuring
Susan Eaddy, Maggie Rudy, and Karina Schaapman"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Illustrator Susan Eaddy tweezes in an eyelash<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

It’s the first Sunday of the month, which usually means I feature a student illustrator. But I’m breaking my own rules and doing something different today. <\/p>\n

I wrote a review last month for Chapter 16<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, which is a daily online journal about books and author events in Tennessee. I reviewed Julie Hedlund’s<\/a><\/strong> My Love for You Is the Sun<\/em>, illustrated by Nashville artist Susan Eaddy<\/a><\/strong>, pictured right, and published by Little Bahalia Publishing last month. I’ve enjoyed reading Chapter 16<\/em> for years, so it’s particularly great to contribute to the site. That Chapter 16<\/em> review is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Regular 7-Imp readers know that I like to follow up these reviews I write at other places with picture book art. So, for today’s post, I asked Susan if she’d be interested in sharing some photos of what it’s like to create her illustrations. I thought it’d be fun to see Susan’s process in particular, because Susan works in clay. She shared generously, including some images of final spreads, and all of that is below. <\/p>\n

But there’s more! Because I love to share as much picture book art as possible, I’ve also got illustrations from a couple of other new books. I mentioned in the Chapter 16<\/em> review that 2014 has given us a handful of picture books illustrated, like My Love for You Is the Sun<\/em>, in what can best be described as a sculptural technique — not the traditional, two-dimensional illustrations we typically see in picture books. There is Yuyi Morales\u2019<\/a><\/strong> Viva Frida<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, for example, rendered in stop-motion puppets, paints, photography, etc. Yuyi will visit 7-Imp soon to share images from that. Or Loretta Holland’s Fall Leaves<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, illustrated in 3D paper vignettes by Elly MacKay<\/a><\/strong>, who will also visit 7-Imp soon. And remember Princesse Camcam’s<\/a><\/strong> Fox’s Garden<\/em>, featured in this post<\/a><\/strong>? Yep. That one, too. <\/p>\n

This year, we’ve also seen Karina Schaapman’s<\/a><\/strong> The Mouse Mansion<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, originally published in the Netherlands in 2011 but coming to the States next month from Dial. And there’s Maggie Rudy’s<\/a><\/strong> I Wish I Had a Pet<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (pictured above), published by Beach Lane Books in July. <\/p>\n

Karina’s and Maggie’s three-dimensional tableaux are pictured below. Last up—because she sent so many images, which makes me happy—are the photos Susan sent, and I thank her for that. <\/p>\n

Here’s to 3D art. Let’s get to it … <\/p>\n

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From Maggie Rudy’s I Wish I Had a Pet:<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“…that <\/em>you had a pet?”<\/em>
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(Click second image to enlarge and to see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center>
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(Click second image to enlarge and to see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center>
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From Karina Schaapman’s
The Mouse Mansion<\/em> (without text):<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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The Mouse Mansion<\/em>
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“Little Sophie’s Birthday”<\/em>
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“Hoisting Time”<\/em>
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“The Bakery”<\/em>
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Susan Eaddy and My Love for You Is the Sun<\/em>,
written by Julie Hedlund:<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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Figuring out the palette<\/em>
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Trying a new palette — with reference<\/em>
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Clay palette<\/em>
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Background<\/em>
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Laying in the grass, one piece at a time<\/em>
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Building a face — with anatomy reference<\/em>
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Laying in the mane, one hair at a time<\/em>
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Final spread: “My love for you is the wind. \/
Blowing kisses in your ears, \/ It wipes away your salty tears.”
Susan: “See how the mane changed? The art director thought
the first manes looked too ‘wormy.'”<\/em>
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Mama frog before spotting<\/em><\/center>
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Mama with spots<\/em><\/center>
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Bare baby<\/em>
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Spotted baby jumping<\/em><\/center>
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Making ripples
Susan: “You can see how many audio books I go through during the building stages!”<\/em>
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Putting in raindrops one at a time<\/em>
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Bunny- and background-building<\/em>
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Final spread (front and back of book)<\/em>
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\nFinally, want to see Susan create a spread (really, really<\/em> fast)? Here we go:
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