Comments on: The Sleepy Ladybird illustrated by Caroline Bailey

By: Caroline Bailey

Caroline Bailey — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:38:57 +0000

Gisela, nice to hear from a teacher, I had no idea!
yes there is definitely a lot of fun and satisfaction in creating characters. Regarding the expressions, it is very much based on observation. I sometime use a mirror and start acting the emotions before drawing them. This is why acting experience is useful for illustrators and animators. A full-length mirror is also handy to observe how the body is positioned according to the emotions: droopy shoulders when sad, torso forward when happy and this can be refined with settled variations.
+ Thank you Caroline for your nice comment!

By: Caroline Rance

Caroline Rance — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:03:39 +0000

He’s adorable!

By: Gisela Hoyle

Gisela Hoyle — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:07:12 +0000

The mix of careful accuracy and fun in Oliver sounds wonderful! It also makes me think of all the pupils, who, whenever I give them an essay to write, ask whether they can draw a picture instead. They claim ‘a picture is worth 1000 words’ – they’re often right, of course.