Interview with:Elizabeth Gunby [buskitten]
ILLUSTRATION
 | What is your specialty in illustration? I specialise in illustration for children, using coloured pencils, as I'm scared of paint! |
| What are your regular clients like? What do they expect from you? Wow! I wish I had some regular clients! I am starting back in illustration after many years, and I've yet to get any clients! I hope that will change soon though! |
| Is there a web address where we can see some of your work? You can check me out here
http://www.jumblesalerabbits.blogspot.com
www.jumblesalerabbits.com |
| Have you completed formal art studies, or are you self-taught? Yep, I completed formal Art School Training, and graduated in 1984 (Zoiks! A long time ago!) with BA (hons) in Graphic Design. |
| How did you get your first full assignment? What did it involve? I illustrated two postcards for the company 'Artists Cards', they were based on the writings of A A Milne. |
| What past or present day illustrators do you admire most? I love the classic work of E H Sheppard, Arthur Rackham and Nicola Bayley. I also love Jackies Morris, Joel Stewart and Lynne Chapman. There are a lot of seriously talented artists out there! |
| How similar are your current drawings to those you did as a child? Er, well, I think they've come on a bit! ( I certainly hope they have!) I still have the same sense of silliness though, I think. |
| What was your favorite comic book as a child? Superhero Graphic novels, and Bunny Cuddles who lived at Hotel Jampot. |
| Do you have a particular style, or does it vary a lot? My style is very distinctive, quite tight drawing and shading with cross hatching - I am the Cross-Hatching Queen! I like little details and fiddlywiddly bits and bobs! |
| What is hardest to draw? Big scenes with loads of background details. I can't draw fairys ( I've just tried, and my fairy is horrible!) Actually, I can't draw loads of things, which is probably why I'm not atall famous! |
| What type of music do you listen to while you work? I'm a Radio 4 girl, me! BBC Radio 4, real British stuff! |
| Do you have a favorite work of art? Hmmm, that's a good question.... probably something by Henri Rousseau if I had to choose. |
| What do you do when a client simply says "I don't like it"? I would have a nervous breakdown and not go out of the house for weeks (this is true) |
| What new techniques have you been experimenting with lately? Nothing really, I'm a bit set in my ways and just like to keep drawing and colouring in... I did do a lino-cut last year..... |
| What part of your work do you do on paper and what part digitally? I do it all on paper then just scan it on my pc; I'm rubbish at computers amd don't understand all this Quark and Photoshop stuff. |
| What research do you do for your illustrations? It used to be loads of books and hours at the library, but now it's mostly Google images and from life. |
| Do you have colleagues with whom you share techniques, tricks, ideas, etc.? Nope, I'm a hermit and I like it that way. I do use some on-line forums though. |
| Do you have any specific goals as an illustrator? I would just love to make it somehow - to get something, anything commissioned. My dream upon all dreams is for my book, 'Fluffville' to find a publisher instead of all the rejection letters. |
| What illustration web sites do you frequent? The AOI dot com. Good peeps and good advice there. |
| What are you working on now? My blog and Tiddles stuff (see my blog to find out who Tiddles is!) |
| What advice do you have for someone who likes to draw and would like to make a living from it? Focus and work hard; don't get distracted, work as hard as you can! |
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Elizabeth Gunby
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