Pretty much all my books are in watercolor. That there was an idea right at the beginning. Was there a moment like that for Art and Max? That unlocking of what-the-story-is moment can literally take years. Times of day, the title of the book-in about an hour. Where would the frogs go? Out of the swamp and into the town, and all the pieces fell together-the The title page, and you know where things are going to fall. Is you that can do anything within those 32 pages, but you have the framework and In my sketchbook started drawing the 32 pages. Iĭid the cover, but I was still intrigued by the frog and the flying saucer, and Shape on top of the base, and I didn't see a lily pad, I saw a flying saucer. The lessĬonstricting it is, the more freedom you have. When I was a student, I loved the vaguest assignment, one word. Lot of stories about frogs in that Cricket While I was doing the CricketĬover that that moment I always hope happens happened. It can sometimes be a lengthy process, and occasionally very I have a visual idea and then I have to develop the story behind it and the Thing that triggers a chain of connections in your mind-and hand and pencilĪnd paper-that brings the story together. There's a moment in pretty much all the books, the "AHA" Process is very similar for each of the books. You've described the evolution of Tuesday as a rather rapid process, at least in terms of your first sketches and
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