All posts filed under: Interviews
Behind the Scenes: The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra, with Ana Aranda
Above: The cover for The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra. I love Ana Aranda’s work, and I especially love her incredible color sense. She embraces purple and pink, and makes these colors feel sophisticated and fresh in a way I haven’t seen before. (Look at that amazing palette on the cover!) Today I talk to her about her U.S. illustration debut, The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra.
Behind the Scenes with Maral Sassouni: The Green Umbrella
Illustrator Maral Sassouni combines ink, pencil, crayon, and monoprinting to create the rich collages in The Green Umbrella, a sweet picture book about friendship and imagination by Jackie Azúa Kramer. There are so many great details to linger over. Today Maral tells Pen and Oink about her inspirations and her really cool process.
A Studio visit with Dasha Tolstikova
Behind The Scenes of Steve Jobs: Insanely Great, with Jessie Hartland
Laura Carlin: Behind the Scenes of A World of Your Own
A Pen & Oink interview with the great Sara Varon!
A Pen & Oink interview with Dan Santat: The making of Beekle
A Studio Visit with Paul O. Zelinsky
The Story With Endpapers
Behind the Scenes of What Makes A Baby: A Kickstarter Children’s Book
Last October, Liz introduced me to a great book called What Makes a Baby, written by Cory Silverberg and illustrated by Fiona Smyth. (I talked about it in my post on picture books and doing it.) Cory’s book, which approaches the reproductive process from a more inclusive perspective, was a Kickstarter smash hit: $65,516 pledged of a $9,500 goal. The first, self-published printing of What Makes a Baby sold out and it is now in its second print run […]
Behind the Scenes: Ol’ Mama Squirrel by David Ezra Stein
Above: David’s final “tater tot” mama squirrel character from Ol’ Mama Squirrel. (Inspired by The Scream) David Ezra Stein spoke about overcoming creative blocks at the scbwi winter conference this past January and his talk was one of my favorites. During his presentation, he told us the story behind his latest picture book Ol’ Mama Squirrel. David completed all the final artwork, delivered it to Penguin, and then decided it wasn’t right and asked if he could […]