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FEATURED ILLUSTRATOR: SOPHIE GILMORE
John's website is johnshelley.com
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Featured Illustrator:
John Shelley
Quick fire questions
Favourite word? Rumbustious.
Food or drink choice when working to deadline? Chocolate, tea.
What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Tangled forests, jumbled alleys, harmonious design.
What sound or noise do you love? A gentle breeze rustling leaves in the trees.
What did you want to do when you grew up? Artist, failing that Spitfire pilot, failing that marine archaeologist.
Favourite time of day? Twilight. The sun has set, the lights come on but it's not yet night.
The child you most love to draw? Between 8 to 10 years old, a loner, a dreamer.
From "Crinkle, Crackle, Crack!" (pub. Holiday House 2015)
From "Crinkle, Crackle, Crack!" (pub. Holiday House 2015)
From "Crinkle, Crackle, Crack!" (pub. Holiday House 2015)
From "Stone Giant - Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be" (Charlesbridge publishers 2014)
From "Stone Giant - Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be" (Charlesbridge publishers 2014)
From "Stone Giant - Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be" (Charlesbridge publishers 2014)
From "Halloween Forest" (Holiday House publishers 2012)
From "Halloween Forest" (Holiday House publishers 2012)
From "Halloween Forest" (Holiday House publishers 2012)
From "Jack and the Beanstalk" (Fukuinkan Shoten publishers 2012)
From "Jack and the Beanstalk" (Fukuinkan Shoten publishers 2012)
From "Jack and the Beanstalk" (Fukuinkan Shoten publishers 2012)
From 'The Boat in the Tree' (Front Street/Boyds Mills Press)
From 'The Boat in the Tree' (Front Street/Boyds Mills Press)
From 'The Little Mermaid' (Hyoronsha)
From "Nasty" (Barn Owl Books 2010)
From 'Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors' (Japanese edition) (Tokuma Shoten)
From "Family Reminders" (Charlesbridge Publishers 2009)
Steammobile - exhibition piece 2014
Wolf Family - exhibition piece 2014