I have just delivered all the artwork for book 2 of Nick
Falk and my new series of books , ‘Billy
is a Dragon’. I have been having heaps
of fun with these books are they are filled with were-wolves, Dragons and a
range of other interesting beasties to draw.
I love drawing character images and book 2 had a few
challenging ones for me. One of the first characters that I drew for the books
was Polly the parrot who is prone to very rude insulting comments to the ‘Billy’.
Polly features through out the book with
funny insults hand drawn to break into the standard text layout.
The book has also allowed me to play with different sets of
images. Each set is design to give a different perspective or view point to the
reader. There is the standard in text illustrations (as in Poly above). These
create a visual representation of mood
and atmosphere, show action, expand on the stories visually. I also have a range of ‘LORE’ page that expand
on the mythology to the world that Billy lives in. Finally I have created collection
of margin images and comics. These look at characters and situations from the
main character ‘Billy’s’ point of view.
‘Anatomy of Mr Gull’ is a good example of Billy’s view on
what makes his teacher tick. I apologies now any teacher who might be offended
(see mini poster at the bottom) and also for any spelling mistakes. As I come
up with all of the text on these pages, there are bound to be mistakes. Never
fear my wonderful editor Cristina will point all of these out and we will
correct them before it is published.
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