{"id":4939,"date":"2019-08-30T11:13:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T17:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4939"},"modified":"2019-08-30T11:13:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T17:13:50","slug":"my-kirkus-qa-with-cece-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4939","title":{"rendered":"My Kirkus<\/em> Q&A with Cece Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nOver at Kirkus<\/em> today, I’ve got a chat with author-illustrator Cece Bell<\/a><\/strong> about her new Chick and Brain<\/em> beginning reader series. The first book, on shelves next week, is called Smell My Foot!<\/em>, which is a very funny book. Expect howls of laughter from the beginning readers you know. <\/p>\n

If you want to read our chat, you can head here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Below, I have some early sketches from Cece, as well as some final art (and other fun stuff). I thank her for sharing!<\/p>\n


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Preliminary Images:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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Early working title<\/em><\/center>
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Early versions<\/em>
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Handmade foam letters<\/em><\/center>
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Cece: “[This is] an early palette. … I have SUCH an obnoxious habit of
making everything I touch too bright. So, I was trying to tone it down …”<\/em><\/center>
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Early color sample<\/em><\/center>
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Cece: “I settled quite happily on this other, simpler palette. …”<\/em><\/center>
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Cece: “And later, I was feeling the need to revisit some [James] Marshall
(something I do when feeling blue) …”<\/em><\/center>
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Cece: “… and I saw that I had TOTALLY RIPPED OFF MARSHALL’S PALETTE!
It must be embedded in my brain. I kept the palette, because why not have a little tribute to the master? I liked pretending that Marshall’s ghost was watching me work and giggling at some of the stuff I would hope he might find funny.”<\/em>
(Click image to enlarge)<\/center>
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Some Final Art from the Book:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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CHICK AND BRAIN: SMELL MY FOOT. Copyright \u00a9 2019 by Cece Bell. Final art above reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA. All other images reproduced by permission of Cece Bell.<\/em>
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