Mazza Museum acquired some of her works a couple years ago for their collection and the Toledo Children's Library also has a piece of her work from Little Red Bat. Her book Sloth's Treehouse Inn came out in the fall and Sketching Here & Everywhere is out at the end of May. She loves to travel and sketch all over the world and just got back from New Zealand. She has illustrated over 60 picture books, many about animals of all types! She also teaches illustration and narrative story telling at Northern Kentucky University. The Cincinnati Zoo and the San Diego Zoo have the same species of sloth so I went to the Cincinnati Zoo to sketch and watch them.ĬHRISTINA WALD is a designer, illustrator, and educator. Sloths are a favorite animal of mine, I love their faces. It is about Santiago the sloth letting all his animal friends live in his tree to escape the destruction of the rainforest. Sloth's Treehouse Inn came out last fall. What is something you wish someone had told you when you first started illustrating? It was also really exciting to work with Mazza Museum. I also recently illustrated about about Kew Gardens ( Return to Kew Gardens) by Marsha Varrow which had really lovely characters and is unique. I had the opportunity to illustrate the San Diego Zoo's Centennial picture book in 2015 and Sloth's Treehouse Inn is with the same team from the zoo. That is tough to say, I have had the opportunity to work on some really cool books with many amazing authors and teams. What has been the highlight of your career thus far? Wuffles is GENIUS), and Aaron Becker (Journey). My current favorites are Dan Santat (Oh No! Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World, Beekle), David Wiesner (Mr. My favorite books growing up were the McCloskey books like Blueberries for Sal and the Francis series by Russell and Lillian Hoban. I have several groups of artist friends I meet with online and we share our projects and talk about the business. I had a friend send my portfolio to his editor when I was first getting into kid's books and recently, I got a really nice referral from another illustrator for a really cool book. I love researching whatever animal I am illustrating or figuring out the look and design of characters and the spaces they inhabit in the story.Īnything you are habitual about when it comes to creativity?Ĭan you share a positive experience you’ve had in the Kid Lit community? Every part of the process is so interesting. The creative freedom and the joy of doing something I love. What is your favorite thing about being an author/illustrator? No two books are alike and it can be hard to predict how long it will take to paint. What surprised you the most working as an illustrator?Įach project is so different. This is a great time to fuel your own dream projects. It has also emboldened me to write more for children's books and comics. I am used to doing all my illustrations and handing them off to the designer. It makes me respect all those roles in a new way. I had to project manage, write, hire and editor and designer, and create any additional artwork. My book about sketching just went to print and it was the hardest thing I have ever done. I am now getting into writing but it is tricking because my schedule fills so quickly. I love the medium and form of storytelling. What inspires you to create picture books? I did art for Scholastic News for many years. I got my first books from art directors seeing my portfolio online starting with Scholastic. It was Look, Find & Learn: Animals of the World. I refocused my portfolio in the early 2000s and my first picture book was in 2005 for Publications International. I took my portfolio to conventions and eventually did work for Dungeons & Dragons, Star Wars, and Lord of the Rings books and cards. I first did art for role-playing games in the 90s. I started doing Children's books in 2005. How many years have you been in publishing?
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