One of the questions I’m most frequently asked is whether I draw the illustrations for my Scream Street books – and the answer is always a resounding NO! I have all the artistic ability of a teaspoon. My publishers, Walker Books, however knew of a very talented artist by the name of Lily Bernard who works for Cartoon Saloon – and it’s Lily who brings my characters and stories to life in picture form.
To demonstrate the process Lily takes, here are three images of one of my newer Scream Street characters – Kian Negative. You can see how each image progresses from a preliminary sketch to get a feel for the character (which my editor, designer and I get to see and comment on) through an intermediate stage and finally onto the finished picture.
I’m sure you’ll agree that Lily is not only very talented, but she has a real grasp on the feel of the Scream Street series. I’m very proud to be working with her.
Tommy
13/04/2011 at 1:23 pm Permalink
I’ve always wondered how to go about getting illustrations done for books. I wrote a couple of children’s books ma few years ago but they needed proper illustrations and my poor artistic talent just wasn’t up to it. Maybe I’ll dust them off and give them another go. Thanks for the info!
Elvin Highes
Webmaster for http://anxietyandtreatments.com and maybe budding author too.
22/04/2011 at 2:26 pm Permalink
Making this kind of illustrations are kinda hard and time consuming. I have tried this one for several times but i can’t make it successfully. I love viewing illustrations that’s why i tried creating for my own. Maybe i just don’t have the artistic skills so i enrolled in an art class.
Hoping to get better someday so i can make beautiful illustrations and publish my own books.
Terry O’Sullivan
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25/04/2011 at 11:22 am Permalink
These illustrations are fantastic! Lily is very talented indeed.
James