Tim Jones Illustrationhttp://www.timjonesillustration.com/blog/en-US2010-07-31T08:36:56ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)I'll be at Book Expo America on Wednesdayhttp://www.timjonesillustration.com/blog/2010/5/25/ill-be-at-book-expo-america-on-wednesday.htmlTim Jones2010-05-25T13:37:18Zbea conferences iseeilearnI'll be heading down to BEA 2010 on Wednesday. For the past year and a half we've been developing the look and illustrations for the I See I Learn series with the wonderful folks at Charlesbridge. You can find all about the series at their booth.

Renée Kurilla is the character designer, I create the thumbnails and sketches, and then we both work on the book illustrations. Read more about the first four titles over at author Stuart Murphy's blog.

I'm looking forward to seeing a few people and enjoying the day in the city. Hope to see you there!

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]]>There's a wizard on my deskhttp://www.timjonesillustration.com/blog/2010/3/5/theres-a-wizard-on-my-desk.htmlTim Jones2010-03-05T14:28:17ZMy daughter has been in love with this little wizard puppet all week, which she inists on calling Santa. For today though, he's all mine as I work on a mid-march book deadline. More blog posts to come as we approach spring!

 

]]>Words About Pictures by Perry Nodelmanhttp://www.timjonesillustration.com/blog/2010/1/30/words-about-pictures-by-perry-nodelman.htmlTim Jones2010-01-30T12:24:10Zbooks children's literature recommended theoryI read Words About Pictures when it first came out and it changed the way I thought about how picture books work. You can read a large portion of the first chapter on google books.  http://bit.ly/dcmvQe
It's a solid mix of literary and art theory as it applies to picture books. Here's a description:
A pioneering study of a unique narrative form, "Words about Pictures" examines the special qualities of picture books--books intended to educate or tell stories to young children. Drawing from a number of aesthetic and literary sources, Perry Nodelman explores the ways in which the interplay of the verbal and visual aspects of picture books conveys more narrative information and stimulation than either medium could achieve alone. Moving from "baby" books, alphabet books, and word books to such well-known children's picture books as Nancy Ekholm Burkert's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," Gerald McDermott's "Arrow to the Sun," Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are," and Chris Van Allsburg's "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi," Nodelman reveals how picture-book narrative is affected by the exclusively visual information of picture-book design and illustration as well as by the relationships between pictures and their complementary texts.
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