for illustration
Oct. 21st, 2004 01:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragonlady7send:
taken from IM conversation with Abbie on 2004-01-20 at 14:21.
In explanation for that cryptic note to myself: when I last started working on a novel, I was chatting to my friend Abbie (who has been my friend since kindergarten, when we pretended to be dinosaurs; she was also my original co-author and deserves much of the credit for keeping me interested in writing for the early, formative years) and she said, "You know, my degree is in Illustration and I'm bored. Do you want illustrations for your novel?"
"Oh YES," I said.
The two of us (in 1990, when we were eleven) used to collaborate, and we were both writing and illustrating novels. She, though a not inconsiderable writer, went on to study art; I, not much of an artist, went on to study writing. I don't know why reconvening a collaboration had never crossed my mind before.
But anyhow, she's kindly agreed that perhaps the illustrations, so long delayed, could be begun for this newer project instead. I think it would be lovely to have drawings.
I was looking for some examples of her work to put up here, but I only have two sketches, and as they're very rough they don't really convey what she's capable of.
- in-depth character descriptions
- examples of styles i like / want used
- if in existence, photographs of people who remind me of the character-- individual or mix of people
- sketches, if any exist
- a medium recommendation-- watercolor, ink, pencil?
taken from IM conversation with Abbie on 2004-01-20 at 14:21.
In explanation for that cryptic note to myself: when I last started working on a novel, I was chatting to my friend Abbie (who has been my friend since kindergarten, when we pretended to be dinosaurs; she was also my original co-author and deserves much of the credit for keeping me interested in writing for the early, formative years) and she said, "You know, my degree is in Illustration and I'm bored. Do you want illustrations for your novel?"
"Oh YES," I said.
The two of us (in 1990, when we were eleven) used to collaborate, and we were both writing and illustrating novels. She, though a not inconsiderable writer, went on to study art; I, not much of an artist, went on to study writing. I don't know why reconvening a collaboration had never crossed my mind before.
But anyhow, she's kindly agreed that perhaps the illustrations, so long delayed, could be begun for this newer project instead. I think it would be lovely to have drawings.
I was looking for some examples of her work to put up here, but I only have two sketches, and as they're very rough they don't really convey what she's capable of.
