The Illustrators of Studio 5 join us for a three-part series on Demystifying Illustration. First they discuss “Plussing the story.”
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Thanks, this was so interesting. I think another good example of plussing the story would be Paulette Bogan’s art in Chicks and salsa. The author had a repeating line ‘No one was quite certain where the chicks got the _______” and Paulette drew a mouse in sunglasses covertly handing all the stuff off to them!
http://coreyschwartz.blogspot.com/2009/10/a-i-relationship-in-action-chicks-and.html
I don’t do picture books, but it never hurts to learn how a branch of the industry operates. Who knows, I may wind up doing something similar in the future myself! Thank you for the information provided.
How illustrators work fascinates me! Love hearing more about it.
A great concept. I especially like the term ‘plussing.’ I love how an illustrator is able to enhance a picture book and create layers within such a short text.