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Advice: the illustrator’s job – storyboards and roughs

By elise | Published: September 2, 2010

Here’s another response to a question relating to being provided with suggestions for the pictures or a storyboard by the writer: This sounds terrible but I’d rather not ever have suggestions from the author on the visuals. The exception being something vital that is not mentioned in the story, but is intrinsic to it (like [...]

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Advice: charging for illustrations

By elise | Published: August 25, 2010

I’ve been answering quite a few emails lately seeking advice on aspects of the industry. So I thought I’d put some tailored excerpts here in case anyone else was wondering the same things. Don’t forget, there is always the Getting Published page too which has lots more info and suggestions, especially about whether or not [...]

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Mondoodle 09-08-2010

By elise | Published: August 9, 2010

It’s nice to draw without an agenda. I was watching the Goodies tonight, after getting home from uni, and saw Bill and Graham running around in rabbit suits. They do that rather a lot from memory. So I began to doodle, only it seemed more appropriate to draw horns, and when it needed arms, little [...]

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Mondoodle 26-07-2010

By elise | Published: July 26, 2010

Do I need to go somewhere different for a little while? Or did I just need to send a character there? A journey somewhere warm and interesting would be good. Somewhere peaceful… With long views of distant mountains and enormous clouds forming and unforming overhead. Yes. That would be nice. Drawn Monday July 26, 2010 [...]

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Writing & Painting

By elise | Published: May 24, 2010

I’m sitting in Cafe Bagatelles on Rathdowne st. It’s become a regular Monday pilgrimage when I have writing to be done. I sit in a good corner where the glare doesn’t stop me reading the computer screen, the draft is slight, the music is quiet and I can glance up at the world beyond the [...]

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Family Day!

By elise | Published: May 22, 2010

Need I say more? Drawing, a picture scavenger hunt, lollies and a room full of children and families. Too lovely! Of course I forgot to take pictures until the end… if anyone has them from either function I’d love to see them BEAUTIFUL pictures everyone.

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What a night!

By elise | Published: May 21, 2010

I’m still on a bit of a high after an absolute knock-out of an evening! I had no idea an opening could be so much fun. We had a wonderful crowd of close to 300 people  – the wine from Crittenden Estate was Beautiful and much loved, the chocolate from Koko Black was sumptuous, we [...]

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Inspiration

By elise | Published: April 22, 2010

I can’t paint without music. I mean, I probably can but I wouldn’t want to. It’s the same with illustrating books and so it turns out that every book gets a soundtrack of music that keeps me in the mood. For this exhibition I seem to be hooked on… Sarah Blasko – especially As Day [...]

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Vale Orlando

By elise | Published: April 19, 2010

Some of you have met him, many of you have heard of him, but probably all of you have seen him in my drawings, even if you didn’t know it. He was difficult cat with a grand wild streak who, despite himself, loved us a lot and kept me company while I drew for over [...]

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not all berets and brushes

By elise | Published: April 8, 2010

I forget sometimes how much organisation there is to be done to get anything happening properly. In the countdown to the exhibition I was thinking… how many weeks, how many paintings to be completed? I was looking forward to a hectic and creative time of rampant oil painting! But there’s so much more. This last [...]

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