Prepare to be dazzled by my illustrator,
Eleanor Rosenberg, whose inspired brilliance graces my first adventure with
Gumboot Books,
The Midnight-Blue Marble. I've always wondered how illustrators proceed, after beaming up text, Scotty-like, into their minds. How do they then interpret the words into illustration? Now Eleanor shares the process
in an interview with the Aasman blog. I like the part where Eleanor talks about a penchant for gore, i.e., the lopping off of Queen Marie Antoinette's blonde, slightly scattered head. Though my friend Feezer and I do pretty much conclude that Marie Antoinette was unfairly maligned by the French revolutionaries. Why, she --
What, Katie? I'm trying to blog!-- Sorry, everyone. My prim, so-perfect cousin Katie doesn't approve of my bloodthirsty taste in history. Fine, Kates. Maybe there are some, let's see, old
economic treaties we can pore over.
Fun.
