Author Illustrator Chats About Process
Every so often authors or illustrators will chat about their process on Twitter. It's highly interesting and educational to learn about their work.
- @MrAdamRex @MikeBoldt yeah. I'm so freaking stiff it takes awhile to draw them near as loose and free as my sketches. Which I always prefer.
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— bob shea (@bobshea)Thu, Jun 19 2014 02:22:54 - @bobshea @MikeBoldt By which I mean: you draw 30 to get that 1 perfect, spontaneous looking goat. Whereas I noodle a single goat to death.
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— Adam Rex (@MrAdamRex)Thu, Jun 19 2014 02:09:38 - @bobshea @MikeBoldt I've assumed the difference 'tween our styles is: I take 3 days on 1 goat, you take the same time drawing thirty. True?
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— Adam Rex (@MrAdamRex)Thu, Jun 19 2014 02:07:12 - @MikeBoldt @MrAdamRex thT first tough one sets the tone, after that, 1-4 days.
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— bob shea (@bobshea)Thu, Jun 19 2014 01:30:59 - @MikeBoldt @MrAdamRex not the norm. Also it's my indecision, direction change, not painstaking attention to detail.
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— bob shea (@bobshea)Thu, Jun 19 2014 01:30:24 - @MrAdamRex @bobshea I wish I could afford to spend two weeks on a page. I get the deadline sweats at 1 week, but it's an average of 2-4 days
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— Mike Boldt (@MikeBoldt)Wed, Jun 18 2014 21:04:05 - @bobshea It doesn't surprise me that your work would require a lot of generations, but does that mean you're taking over a year per book?
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— Adam Rex (@MrAdamRex)Wed, Jun 18 2014 20:52:09 - @MrAdamRex I'm current on two weeks for one. Because I throw away and try again, different techniques.
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— bob shea (@bobshea)Wed, Jun 18 2014 20:26:23 - @dsantat @hendrixart @MrAdamRex You do still have to execute those ideas. So the craft of bringing the sketches home is important. I think.
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— Loren Long (@lorenlong)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:55:00 - @lorenlong @hendrixart @MrAdamRex My art school was pushing style and not so much ideas. Advertising was the most useful class I took.
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— Dan Santat (@dsantat)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:48:14 - @dsantat @hendrixart @MrAdamRex Your thoughts, ideas are what first separate you from everybody else...sketches are your ideas.
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— Loren Long (@lorenlong)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:42:49 - @hendrixart @MrAdamRex @lorenlong It took me a few years to realize this. Hence many bad editorial illustrations. Now I'm all about the idea
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— Dan Santat (@dsantat)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:31:24 - @MrAdamRex @hendrixart @lorenlong I think no matter who you are all art students have to experience this to finally realize it (or accept)
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— Dan Santat (@dsantat)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:29:46 - @MrAdamRex @lorenlong @dsantat totally, this business is a sketch business, anybody can make a great final image once you got a blueprint
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— John Hendrix (@hendrixart)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:29:42 - @hendrixart @dsantat @MrAdamRex It's because you're so amazing with line, John. I love it and your church drawings!
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— Loren Long (@lorenlong)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:28:53 - @hendrixart @lorenlong @dsantat Teachers like John know this better than I, but I think most students get the prep:finish ratio wrong.
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— Adam Rex (@MrAdamRex)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:28:08 - @lorenlong @dsantat @MrAdamRex I always save value studies for later - to my peril. These are great.
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— John Hendrix (@hendrixart)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:24:52
@dsantat @hendrixart @MrAdamRex Agreed, but my sketches are pretty rough. For example... still stuff to work out. pic.twitter.com/3ifGdEiNNR//twitter.com/lorenlong/status/478996263267209217
— Loren Long (@lorenlong)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:23:03- @hendrixart @MrAdamRex I end up taking a month or two to nail down the dummy. And it's the hardest time for me to focus.
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— Loren Long (@lorenlong)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:17:36 - @hendrixart @lorenlong @MrAdamRex The tighter my dummy the quicker the finish on the final render. I spend the most time on my sketches.
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— Dan Santat (@dsantat)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:15:48 - @lorenlong @MrAdamRex When I'm sitting down to thumbnail the dummy I always think, 'the next six hours will determine the next six months.'
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— John Hendrix (@hendrixart)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:13:57 - @MrAdamRex It's also my favorite part because it's where the magic happens or doesn't. Guess that's why it makes me nervous.
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— Loren Long (@lorenlong)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:05:21 - @lorenlong Huh, that's my favorite part. It's the final renderings that I want to outsource.
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— Adam Rex (@MrAdamRex)Tue, Jun 17 2014 20:01:29






