Illustration

[osprey_archer]

You know what would make the world a better place? If books had more illustrations. I’ve been looking at books from the 1920s and earlier (because it grieves me to think of all the years they’ve languished unloved on the library shelves) and they all have illustrations. So does The Perilous Gard (which also has fairies and Tam Lin and a love story

Comments

[girl_called_sun]

Books with illustrations rock. Try Walter Moers for wonderful surreal stories (fairy tale - esque) with beautiful, detailed line drawn cartoons. That's some imagination.

[osprey_archer]

Ooooh, I think I considered buying one of his books once. I should add them to my List of Books to Read.

Do you have an opinion on which one is best?

[girl_called_sun]

I'd go for The thirteen and a half lives of Captain Bluebear. It's long, but episodic (thirteen and a half, in fact) so easy to dip in and out of.

[visualthinker11]

um, shoebox is excellent. and if you started illustrating your fics that would be kind of amazing.

[osprey_archer]

The Shoebox people are about ten times as talented as me, but it's tempting to try it all the same. I could probably draw a pretty good picture if I can find a photo to use as a guide.

[visualthinker11]

i think i read once that's that's what they do, too. and there was a picture of the person they use for sirius, and that was excellent, of course.