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She/Her - Why did you create this work?
To create a narrative that follows a girl and her mum who take the bus into town to visit their local park. The girl uses her imagination to explore her surroundings and to escape into her own imaginary world. Throughout I aimed to play with pattern and detail to enrich the narrative, whilst reflecting what I see in my own local, once industrial town in the UK to give the story a sense of place - How were your illustrations used?
A personal project to create a 32 page picture book, these illustrations were for internal double page spreads - What materials and techniques did you use?
Pencil and Photoshop. All the details in the images were first drawn by hand in pencil, scanned in and then manipulated and digitally coloured in Photoshop - Was this project commissioned?
Un-commissioned - Personal Website or Portfolio Link
joanneyoungillustration.co.uk - Instagram
@joanneyoungillustration - X (formerly Twitter)
@JAYIllustration - Biography
Joanne Young is an Illustrator based in the Midlands, UK. She’s a graduate from the MA Children’s Book Illustration Course from Cambridge School of Art and some of her past clients include Walker Books, The Times and Black Dog Publishing. She works in children’s books and narrative illustration and her work plays with detail, pattern and scale. - Where are you currently based?
United Kingdom (UK)
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