Oh No, George! - Brossura

Haughton, Chris

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1406362808 ISBN 13: 9781406362800

Casa editrice: Walker Books, 2014

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About Me:Im an illustrator and designer from Ireland. Ive illustrated for The Guardian, The Independent and Pomme d'Api as well as illustrations and design-work for international advertising campaigns. During my travels in Asia I became interested in fair trade and when i moved to London I became involved in the Fair Trade movement and with People Tree. (commerce equitable) In 2007 i was named by Time magazine in their 'DESIGN 100' list for this fair trade work which also included some of the world's most influential designers and architects on the list. Little Owl Lost is my first picture bookAbout My Work:I have been a full-time illustrator for the past 7 years. i have been working mainly for magazines and advertising but I always wanted to write and illustrate my own childrens book. Before I had started with illustration i spent a year teaching very young children english in Hong Kong. I really enjoyed these classes and I was very lucky with the classes as they were very informal. the classes were called 'english fun' and they were after school lessons so that were mainly just child minding. in many of them there were different ages of children and there was no lessons to be covered so we played games together in english. I was allowed to come up with some of my own lessons. Many of the games i devised were based on books that i picked up from our little library of english books in the school. We read the books and did a bit of drama and role play afterwards or made up our own stories and illustrated them in art class. i think i got a good feeling for what made a successful book in that environment with the children. At that point I could think of some different ways those books we had read could be improved upon and i thought of writing and illustrating books seriously.Since then my illustration career took off and i had been preoccupied with the deadlines and fast working pace of a commercial illustrator. All throughout this time every year i promised myself that this year i would do a childrens book and 4 years went by until finally i set a strict deadline for myself.I originally had a completely different premises for the book and the introduction of each character. In the very first draft there was three clever birds who had to go in search of food everyday in the forest and trick the other animals of the forest. On each page they would meet a new animal (a snake, tiger, elephant) and trick it in different ways. I wanted it to be repetitive in the same way as it is. After a lot of thought i thought in the end avoiding being eaten isnt a very suitable subject for that age! i needed another way for the character/s to engage with the animals of the forest! being lost is probably a good subject as its something that young children can relate to.Although the plot changed a few times there were a few things that i was sure i wanted to keep in the story somehow....1. I had wanted to do a fun and light book that was theatrical and very visual. In Europe we have plays for children called pantomimes where there is some visual humour. The 'here is your mother!' 'are you sure this is not your mother?? dialogue is something that can engage the children. At each character meeting hopefully the child will engage and join in and say 'no no thats not his mother'.With children of that age that is necessary because if they cant join in somehow they lose interest pretty fast.2. Also in pantomimes often the actor is standing behind the set out of view of another actor but the children can see him and will call out. I found that sort of humour worked very well in my classes (the children had varying levels of english and it was the best way to get everyone involved) and i wanted to get that feeling somehow into the plot. That is why i wanted to have the mother in all of the pages but hidden from first view... that was very important to me, so it can be read and re-read, as there is something more to the first viewing that the children can pick up on.3. I wanted it to be repetitive, so that young children can join easily with the story.4. I wanted it so that it can be read pretty much without words. even very young children can follow in some way with the images.5. Lastly I wanted to have some sort of visual symbolism in the book. In my editorial illustration there is usually some sort of metaphor or symbolism. Trees and roots become 'growth' or mazes and roads become 'obstacles' or 'paths'. That sort of imagery lends itself to illustrating abstract ideas. Although the story is quite lighthearted I like the idea and imagery of a little animal being lost in a forest. Its is a strong image and it can be applied to abstract notions of 'being lost'. That is why I wanted to add the Robinson Crusoe quote. I like the idea of being 'lost' it can have more abstract meanings so everyone can relate to it.Three things you didn't know about me.1. My book actually first came out in Korean so although I had written it, I couldn't read it. I just looked at the pictures.2. My editor tells me I'm like the squirrel in the story. I get a bit ahead of myself. I want to get finished with writing the story as soon as i can so that I can get to drawing the pictures. Then i have to re-draw the pictures because i hadn't thought the story through. I should listen to her more often.3. 'Coloring in' is easy if you do it on the computer.

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• Editore: Walker Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1406362808
• ISBN 13: 9781406362800
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Disegnatore: Haughton Chris