tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76760599806958977422024-03-06T07:51:50.971+11:00Laura Wood IllustrationLaura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.comBlogger263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-26607152086333107502016-06-01T19:18:00.000+10:002016-06-01T19:18:19.099+10:00Cook Me A Story<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A few months ago I had the pleasure to work on this little great book called <b style="font-style: italic;">Cook Me A Story: a treasury of stories and recipes inspired by your favourite fairy tales</b>, w</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">ritten by </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">Bryan Kozlowski</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;"> and published by </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">Walter Foster Publishing</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As the title suggests, the book <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px;">is "a treasury book where the most beloved fairy tales are retold with deliciously clever recipes for families to create and enjoy together."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I will post some real life book pictures as soon as I get my copies. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-86382349250756244582016-05-17T21:19:00.000+10:002016-05-17T21:19:16.904+10:00It's out!<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.32px;">It's out!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, if you're not lucky enough to live amongst kangaroos, then you can always buy the book by </span><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/mike-dumbleton/eve-and-elly-9780857988515.aspx" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">clicking on this link.</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To celebrate this special occasion, here some "behind the scenes" treats for you, picture books lovers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are some of the preliminary sketches I've done for the main characters... a very early version of Eve and Elly, some of them quite different from the final one!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always find sketches a lot more interesting than the polished, finished version. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, here a sneak peek of the storyboard as well! I love to see how rough however how similar the final spreads look to the finals!</span><br />
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<br />Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-23748499950936847242016-04-14T19:44:00.002+10:002016-04-14T19:44:36.710+10:00Eve and Elly<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teasing Thursday! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a month time, <i><b>Eve and Elly</b></i> will be in Australian bookstores. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A sweet story about the friendship between a girl and her stuffed animal. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Written by Mike Dumbleton, published by Random House and illustrated by me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-82080713986266872882016-02-22T20:07:00.000+11:002016-02-22T20:31:12.357+11:00My first school visit <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">Last October I went to Dubai for a family visit and I was invited to my sister's school to give a presentation about my work and creative process as an illustrator. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">This was my first school visit ever! I must admit I was super nervous at first, but in the end it turned out to be such a lovely experience. The kids were extremely nice and so keen to learn! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">I made sure the speech would be quite interactive, with constant questions to the kids (by the way, some kids are capable to give hilarious answers! :D ) and things to show them, like sketches, thumbnails, original drawings and some of the books I made. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">Mostly, I tried to give them an insight of my work process and all the different steps in order to make a children's books. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">At the end, with the help of a white board and coloured markers, I made the kids draw Lucy the raccoon, a character from one of my books. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">I hope they enjoyed it! I definitely did :) </span></span><br />
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Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-17218517489559785102016-02-04T22:44:00.000+11:002016-02-04T22:44:36.338+11:00Echidna Jim Desktop Wallpaper<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's still <b>Echidna Jim</b> publication week, so in order to celebrate </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've decided to create a Echidna Jim desktop wallpaper to share with the world! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now you will be able to have little Echidna Jim cheering you up during your working day :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To download your copy of the desktop, please right click on the version you’d like and select "Save As". Easy peasy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, if you are interested in the making of Echidna Jim, please stay tuned. Soon a blog post about the behind the scenes... ;) </span><br />
<br />Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-17520547993080475452016-02-01T23:58:00.000+11:002016-02-01T23:58:16.793+11:00New book! Echidna Jim went for a swim<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Earlier last year I had the great pleasure of working </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for the second time </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with Scholastic Australia. Awww, what an amazing publisher! The books they make are just superb. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This time I worked on a very fun title called <i><b>Echidna Jim Went For A Swim</b></i>, written by <i>Phil Cummings</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The book is coming out in Australian bookshops today, 1st February 2016!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But if you don't live anywhere near there, you can always get it online <a href="https://shop.abc.net.au/products/echidna-jim-went-for-a-swim-hbk" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/echidna-jim-went-for-a-swim-phil-cummings/prod9781760152994.html" target="_blank">here</a> or <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Echidna-Jim-Went-for-Swim-Phil-Cummings/9781760152994" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Get a copy and let me know how you like it :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-82893774571537840742016-01-29T22:15:00.002+11:002016-01-29T22:15:53.133+11:00Happy New Year! <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almost a month late, I know... but I thought better late than never :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made this image as a promo card to send to clients for the new year. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've printed it on a A5 400 g/m silk finish paper. Beauty! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For printing postcards, I like to use <a href="http://www.saxoprint.co.uk/" target="_blank">these guys</a> now. Not the cheapest, but I find the quality of their stuff to be incredibly good. I definitely recommend them if you live in UK. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, hopefully clients liked it :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-87091337597603854612015-04-07T21:10:00.000+10:002015-04-07T21:10:18.074+10:00After Bologna Children's Book Fair 2015<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As announced previously, I've been to <b>Bologna Children's Book Fair</b> this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was my second time there and I'm glad to say the whole experience was much better than expected, even better than last year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe it helped that the weather was absolutely lovely ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year I spent only two days at the fair but I feel like I was able to make the most out of them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It helped the fact the fair wasn't as busy as last year, and because of this everybody was a bit more relaxed and with a bit more time on their hand to spend to review illustrator portfolios. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, this year I was able to focus my energies a bit better. Instead of running around like a crazy person, I decided to focus only on the publishers I knew I had a good match with. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This saved me a lot of time and lot of rejections. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think one of the reasons why this year went much more smoothly, it's because I was able to follow some of the tips I wrote down last year (<a href="http://laurawoodillustration.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/bologna%20children%27s%20book%20fair" target="_blank">here the blog posts from last year, if you fancy reading them</a>).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now I feel like I can give even more tips!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here some useful things I learnt/I did this time around:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>-Going with someone makes everything easier! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was very lucky to be able to share this year experience with <a href="http://www.claireshorrock.com/" target="_blank">Claire Shorrock</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is one of my studio mates and other than being very lovely, she also has a similar style to mine. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both very useful things when choosing a fair buddy! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I noticed how much easier and less stressful was to approach the publishers when you're with someone else. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I would definitely recommend hitting the fair with a fair buddy, both for moral and physical support (someone that holds your bag while you're in the toilet will make your life much easier). </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13.5135135650635px;">Claire putting her poster on the wall<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>-Bring as much promotional material as you can</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the first day, I failed on this... I almost run out of all my promo material in just a couple of hours. I can't tell how frustrated I was with myself, I should have brought more!! In the end, I was able to manage but for the rest of the day I had to bit quite selective. So be generous </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and bring as much promotional material as your shoulders can bare! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>-Bring your own lunch or buy lunch first thing in the morning</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You don't want to waste 45 minutes of your time queuing for a sandwich. Especially at lunch times, snack bars are always incredibly busy so my recommendation is to bring your own food. Another option would be to hit the bars way before 12pm and buy the food you're going to eat later in the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>-Get organised: pockets, rucksack and comfortable shoes are a given</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everybody is different in the way they like to get organised to spend the days at the fair.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had a small A4 portfolio which was easy to keep in my hands all the time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, I was using a small tote bag where I was keeping my promo material, water and my notebook. This way I didn't have to open my rucksack all the time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>-Bring any published sample you might have</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Showing my portfolio with my best work was great but I think publishers get more excited when they can see an actual published book. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I brought along four of my published books... Very heavy to carry around all day on my back but I think it was worth it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>-Be ready to talk comfortably and confidently about your own work. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's always a bit awkward and nerve-wracking when a publisher is browsing your portfolio during a meeting. I figured I would look way more professional and confident if, instead of just standing there without saying a word, I could talk a bit about me and about what they were looking at. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would suggest to give a couple of info about where you live, what you've worked on in the past and how you create the work. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That should give an interesting insight that complements what is in your portfolio. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13.5135135650635px;">Pizza with some lovely Italian illustrator friends</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is absolutely ESSENTIAL and, in my opinion, even more important than leaving your promo material to the publishers. This way, you will be able to follow up with an email to remember them about your meeting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>-Find accommodation in the centre of town</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately the fair is a bit far out the city centre, so if you get accommodation close to it, it might get a bit tricky in case you want to explore the city in the evenings of go out for dinner with other illustrators. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Usually everybody meet in the centre, so my suggestion is to get accommodation somewhere near there and get the bus to the fair in the morning (bus 35 from the train station goes directly there). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In particular, I would suggest to get accommodation somewhere close to "via indipendenza", a pretty big shopping street that connects the train station to the main square.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>-Submit your work to the illustration exhibition and get in for free!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you do this, they will send you a free pass to the fair. Highly recommended! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep an eye on the BCBF website or, even better, subscribe to their newsletter. Deadline for this is usually around October. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Anna Clothier, author of Humphrey Bookworm (coming out later this year)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before the fair, I contacted some of the people I worked with in previous projects and ask them if they were going to attend the event </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(as they say... even better than finding new clients, it's to be able to keep the ones you already have). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think it makes such a big difference to shake hands and finally meet someone in person, instead of being just a name in an email address. I feel this is an essential step in creating a solid business relationship with someone, even if you've already been working with them for a while. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Especially, it's good to prove them I'm not a crazy artist, but a reliable person they can keep trusting ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is something I will definitely try to do next year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year is going to be the second time I'm attending the event. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hopefully it's gonna be a bit easier than last year, since this time I should know what to expect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For example, this year I didn't bother at all to book appointments </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with the publishers </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">before the fair</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year I sent at least 50 emails trying to book appointments. Out of those, I managed to schedule only 3, and 2 of them completely forgot about the meeting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can imagine how frustrated I was with that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, this time I'll be able to attend only for a couple of days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It might be a bit risky, since last year I didn't get much done on the first day due to the fact every single publisher was too busy to pay attention to me. But hopefully I'm going to have enough time anyway to meet them and give away my samples. Basically, I will have to be fearless and incredibly determined. Fingers crossed! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here below are some photos of the promotional material I'm going to bring along with me this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to say last year I did a good job planning my promo material, so this year I'll basically stick to the same plan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Same as last time, I've got a neat portfolio printed with <b>Blurb</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As always, I'm very happy with Blurb products.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, I've printed about <b>35 mini portfolio</b> that I will leave behind to as many publishers and editors I can. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm convinced that leaving behind a small portfolio packed with all your best work is much better that just leave a single card. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Same as last year, I printed these with Pixartprinting. I must say, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">even if I tried to follow instructions for image preparation accurately, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the colour reproduction is not the best, but in the whole I reckon it's a fairly good product for the price you pay. Hopefully publishers will be too smitten from my illustrations to pay attention to colours ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lastly, I also made a little cardboard box that I'm planning to fill in with postcards and attach to the Illustrator Wall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I didn't get much at all for my Illustrator Wall last year and I'm quite positive I won't get much from it this year either... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But since it's such an institution and awesome idea, well, why not...!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For more tips on how to prepare for the fair, my follow up impressions please have a look at <a href="http://laurawoodillustration.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/bologna%20children%27s%20book%20fair" target="_blank">my last year posts.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PS= Sorry for the bad quality photos, but my camera is broken and my phone's camera is not very good, so working on that...</span></div>
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<br />Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-9975632501507638222015-02-13T21:43:00.001+11:002015-02-13T21:43:47.106+11:00Coming soon!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been quite busy working on different projects in the last few months. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A couple of those are two books coming out later this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't really show much at this point but I can definitely show the covers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first project is a lovely story called <b>Lucy in the city</b>, written by <i>Julie Dillemuth</i> and soon to be published by <i>Magination Press </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in May 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm really excited about Lucy, she's a very cute raccoon who gets lost in the city and needs to find her way back home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a story that aims to teach spatial thinking to kids, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so expect maps, streets and building, directions and some peanut butter too ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second book is called <b>The Big Sad Wolf & The Mean Little Pigs as told by Humphrey Bookwork</b> (yes, quite a long title!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The story is a very humorous take on The Three Little Pigs, told by the wolf's perspective. Also, this time the little pigs are going to take a little bit of revenge on the poor wolf! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The story's narrator is Humphrey, a cute little bookworm that likes to eat books and tell stories to his best friend Max. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Written by <i>Anna Clothier</i>, the book will be published later this year by <i>North Parade Publishing</i>. So stay tuned for that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my first post of 2015 and in my resolutions list there's definitely something about posting on this blog more often. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To start off the year in style, I want to share this great news: I'm currently working on the follow up book of Armadillo (do you remember it? <a href="http://www.laurawoodillustration.com/If-an-Armadillo" target="_blank">Here's the link to it</a>) called <b>If An Elephant Went To School</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can't wait to see this other little gem coming to light!! Stay tuned... :D</span></div>
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<br />Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-24457921251992735082014-12-03T01:45:00.002+11:002014-12-03T01:46:49.985+11:00Happy Holiday Season! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The countdown to Christmas has officially started!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's going to be a very busy month for me, lots of projects on the way. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hopefully I'm going to be able to share some of it soon! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the meantime, you can cheer yourself up with this little Christmas band over here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wonder which song are they playing...!! ;)</span>Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-85233561138301511022014-10-31T23:10:00.001+11:002014-10-31T23:10:17.095+11:00Happy Halloween!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm originally from Italy, so </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've never celebrated Halloween as a kid. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This night for me it's just another excuse to have a good time with friends and make a bespoke illustration:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eat, drink, DANCE and be scary! :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-56999889863846964932014-10-12T21:47:00.003+11:002014-10-12T21:47:56.849+11:00Interview time!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was flattered to be asked by the lovely people at Workspiration to answer some questions for their blog. </span><br />
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<br />Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-30913344199535940122014-10-10T01:43:00.000+11:002014-10-10T01:43:00.683+11:00Updates <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Way too long has passed since my last post here!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This means I've been busy with work, life and all that sort of stuff. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel like I've been working on so many projects recently but unfortunately I can't share anything since they haven't been published yet... downsides of working with books I guess!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, I've just realised I never shared this illustration down here. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did this not long ago as a personal/promotional piece. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More work very soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-1904162784721096332014-08-06T07:45:00.000+10:002014-08-06T07:45:25.283+10:0080s<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lately I've spent some time on a personal project.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />I created a 80s inspired illustration, a bit of an experiment really, made for the upcoming Illustrators Australia </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">exhibition<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Wear Art Thou</i> (more info about this soon).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I realised this could have easily made into a series. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here it is the complete series. Planning to make some cards/prints/other stuff out of them. For now, you can find them on <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/lorawood?ref=account-nav-dropdown" target="_blank">Redbubble</a> or <a href="http://society6.com/laurawood" target="_blank">Society6</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next up, the 70s!! :)</span>Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-60324577983821189552014-07-22T19:57:00.003+10:002014-07-22T19:57:37.213+10:00GIVEAWAY time!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I haven't been updating this blog much lately. Truth is I've been busy with stuff I can't show around yet, so bear with me and I promise I will post some new work very soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the meantime, I've finally received the copies of the book I've illustrated last year for <i>Scarletta Press</i> called <b>If An Armadillo Went To A Restaurant</b>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I must say I'm sooooo pleased with how it turned out in the end!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can definitely say this is my best published work so far, very proud about it! :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To celebrate the event, I've decided to host a giveaway. I will extract two lucky winners who will get one copy of the book each. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In order to enter, you will have to go thru 2 little steps:</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-go to my <b>facebook page</b> and share the post about the giveaway. Here's the link </span></span><a href="http://on.fb.me/1pzfxBQ" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">http://on.fb.me/1pzfxBQ</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You have time until <b>Friday 25th July. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-70838816385631872462014-05-07T20:36:00.000+10:002014-05-07T20:36:03.960+10:00My books!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've finally added a section in my blog where you can buy my books!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a look just right here on the right bar -----------------------------------></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy shopping!</span>Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-43261351506088539272014-05-07T04:26:00.004+10:002014-05-07T04:26:40.381+10:00Garlic, Hankies and Hugs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year I had the pleasure to illustrate <b>Garlic, Hankies and Hugs</b>, a text by <i>Michelle C. Monaghan </i>about a cute Greek granny that is a bit out of the ordinary. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.666667938232422px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A lovely picture book about peculiar nannies and pinched cheeks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The books is published by <i>Jojo publishing</i>, a Melbourne based book publisher, and now available to purchase. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://classic-jojo.com/shop/picture-stories/garlic-hankies-and-hugs/" target="_blank">Click here if you fancy a copy!</a></span><br />
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<br />Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-10630956199567273082014-04-22T03:12:00.002+10:002014-04-22T03:12:37.804+10:00Animystic<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A while ago I was chosen by <b><a href="http://lightgreyartlab.com/" target="_blank">Light Grey Art Lab </a></b>to be one of the artists for their next upcoming show called <b>Animystic</b>. I'm so thrilled to be part of it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the artwork I created. It took me ages to come up with it, in the end I decided to draw a llama, they're cute and wise looking! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2750000059604645px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click this link below to purchase my <b>print.</b> A portion of the proceeds will go to Feline Rescue Inc. so it's also for a good cause!! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To see all the <b>other entries</b> follow this link. Some of them are really stunning so have a look!! All the images are on sale</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Info about the <b>exhibition launch party</b> can be found here. It will be held on 25th April in Minneapolis, so if you live nearby don't miss it!! </span><br />
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<br />Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-32389783897612273372014-04-16T01:44:00.001+10:002014-04-16T01:44:02.407+10:00Wilderness Society<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who remembers the project for <b>Wilderness Society</b> a while ago I spoke about <a href="http://laurawoodillustration.blogspot.it/2014/02/wilderness-society-news.html" target="_blank">here</a>?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally they released the second part of the project!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wilderness.org.au/fairypossum/" target="_blank">Click here and discover how the possum's fairytale ends... </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I must say this was a dream project to work on. I feel very lucky I got to work with such and amazing organisation!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-17647028905417019372014-03-31T18:19:00.000+11:002014-03-31T18:22:19.188+11:00After Bologna Children's Book Fair 2014 - part 2<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm still ruminate on my days at the fair, they were a tangle of emotions and events. It's taking me a while to metabolise everything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My first day was a bit depressing. Nobody seemed to have time to look at my portfolio, publishers were all very busy and the fair was sooooo crowded. Going to the bathroom meant wasting at least 30 precious minutes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, I was very anxious, I wanted to do everything and being everywhere at the same moment. I felt I didn't have enough time to do all I wanted and every minute seemed incredibly precious. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I run like a crazy person from hall to hall without taking a break, being really grumpy about all the wasting-time queueing and, as you can imagine, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by evening I was a mess. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, both the appointment I managed to schedule months earlier with two big publishers didn't happen since they basically forgot about me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not exactly a good day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My second day went definitely better. The fair was visibly less crowded and everything seemed a bit easier. Maybe because I started understand how things were going to be done, not sure, but I finally managed to show my portfolio to people and leave a lot of promotional material. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By 5pm I was so incredibly tired I could barely walk, so I decided to go home take a shower and nap. Best decision ever! Completely refreshed, I went out for dinner with a bunch of people and eat tortelli. That's the way!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Dinner with some illustrators</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My last day, Wednesday, was a piece of cake. Compared to Monday, the fair was deserted and everybody was much more generous with their time. I even had a few meetings in which the publisher and I digressed about my imminent move to Bristol or my life in Australia... It was definitely a much more pleasant way to get to know people!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, lots of other publishers were dedicating a couple of hours to see illustrators.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I managed to give away all the mini portfolios I had left (about 15) and at the end of the day I felt like I spoke with tons of people!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was definitely my most successful day at the fair. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think next year I'll try to stay Thursday as well, people told me publishers like to get rid of books so they don't have to carry them home. To me, it seems like a good enough reason to stay!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Visually speaking, in my opinion no one beats Italy, Spain and Korea. Illustrators from those country have a sense of colour and composition that really amazes me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My aim is to look more into those country's publications and try to learn something from those geniuses...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, I was VERY impressed by the work made by the students at the MA Children's book illustration of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cambridge.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Their work was astonishing!! The stand had dummies everywhere the students creates during the course. I couldn't believe my eyes. I predict an excellent career for at least a third of those students. A friend of mine told me the course is very hard but incredible. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could SERIOUSLY think about doing the course. Maybe in a couple of years time... </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Cambridge School stand (Marta Altes in the left corner)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think the most useful comments about my work were given by the publishers who rejected me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In particular, I was told my style was very "British" and therefore not suitable for a lot of publishers. It wasn't the first occasion people told me that, but when you hear the same thing from four different people on the same day, well, it definitely gets you. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel I have already a better idea of which market my work could fit in and what are the different trends in each different part of the world. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It such a complex field, this fair definitely made me understand I still have A LOT to learn and develop and A LONG WAY to go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I read a lot before going to the fair. I wanted to be prepared! I'm that sort of person, I like to do be organised, especially when it comes to work. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyways, everybody I spoke to said the fair was incredibly huge. And their were right, it is very big. But honestly, when I went there, I really wished there was more. There were four halls in total and it might be I'm a very eager person</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (or maybe only masochist) but I really wish there was at least one more hall to browse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My resolutions for next year:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Attend some talk.</b> I didn't attend ANY talk. I felt like I had to much too do to just sit down and listen. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And there is so much going on all at once that I didn't even noticed that both Oliver Jeffers and Bianca Pitzorno (my favourite Italian children's book writer excellence!!) gave Crazy, right?? Especially because I had downloaded the events schedule and underlined what </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know exactly how I missed that, but this is the proof there is so much interesting stuff going on all at once. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Attend events outside the fair.</b> There were lots of interesting events all over the city especially exhibitions I really wanted to attend. But in the evening I was always so tired I just couldn't bare the idea of going out again. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, as I said already, next year I'm going to train (and maybe try to be less anxious) and hopefully I won't be burnt out at 6pm! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Coming along with other people. </b>I think it might be good coming along with other illustrators, especially for moral support. Even coming with a friend or boyfriend (a met a lovely girl who came with her mom, so sweet!!) could be useful, especially if they offer to carry your bags!! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Buy some books.</b> I spent 3 days looking at books and in the end I didn't buy even one. Insane, I know. Next year I'll make a fund only for buying books!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Goodbye!</td></tr>
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Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676059980695897742.post-91137190128344630662014-03-29T21:38:00.000+11:002014-03-29T22:00:20.651+11:00After Bologna Children's Book Fair 2014 - Part 1<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm home after three crazy days in <b>Bologna</b>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I predicted, it was a truly great experience. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So many things happening all at once, so many people to talk to... and of course for an illustrator working alone all day, this is totally unusual. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are so many things I could say about this experience that it is difficult to know where to start. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe I could start saying I have a very good feeling about the contacts I made at the fair. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I managed to show my portfolio to a lot of editors, publishers and art directors and I received mainly positive reactions. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also managed to give away all 45 mini portfolios I made, and everybody was very impressed by the fact I was leaving them with a sort of mini book, instead of a simple business card or postcard. I think making those was well worth it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that I've been there, I feel like I can give a few <b>practical tips</b> on how to survive the fair at best! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here you go... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Bring your own lunch!</b> There were so many people at the fair that my lunch break on Monday was a true nightmare. I queued for 20 minutes to find out they run out of vegetarian options. So I had to find another cafe (there are a few) and queue again and in the end the only vegetarian option they had was pizza. Then I queued for 30 more minutes to get my pizza. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That night I went to a supermarket and bought some ingredients to make my own sandwiches for the following days. Best idea ever!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Otherwise, some friends suggested you buy lunch right outside the fair (not sure where tho) before getting in in the morning. VERY recommended, especially if you don't eat gluten or meat (that's pretty much all the sell). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>-Attend for three days at least.</b> The first day wasn't great for me in terms of appointments but I managed to book some meetings for the following days, when people's schedules were still quite free.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, Wednesday for me was the most successful day, since everybody was less busy and had more time to spare and look at my portfolio. So I would highly recommend to spend at least 3 days there, if you're serious about finding contacts. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">At the fair</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Don't waste time with the publishers that don't display books with your style. </b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The few times I tried to propose myself to such publishers (I thought, why not? you never know!) they rejected me straight away. It's a waist of time and also kills the mood. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know it's tempting going to every one but try to be picky. Publishers have a very clear idea of what they're looking for. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Bring a neat, compact portfolio</b>. I printed mine with Blurb and everybody really liked the fact it was neat and bounded as a book. Much easier and faster to look at instead of the big a3 portfolios with loose sheets lots of people had. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-After giving your card, <b>always ask for THEIR business card</b>. I read this in a blog last year while gathering info for Bologna. Best advice ever!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Wear VERY comfortable shoes</b>. If they happen to be ugly, don't worry: no one will pay attention. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-If you can,<b> train beforehand</b>. I'm not joking, your body will thank you enormously, trust me! There's nothing worse than working while being tired and physically exhausted. I failed on this but next year I'm definitely going to train!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Try to do a quick tour of all the halls on the first day</b>. This is because lots of the publishers put out a sign with general meeting times for illustrators. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also while doing this, ask to the big publishers if they book appointments for the following days. Some of them do but their</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> schedules fill out quite quickly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I missed the opportunity to show my portfolio to Milan, a big french publisher because I turned out at its stand only on Wednesday and the appointment schedule was already booked out. Damn it!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Put something on the Illustrators Wall</b>, you never know who's going to see it!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">My bear poster on the wall. It's not super clear but I built a pocket to put postcards in</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Bring a lot of promotional materials. </b>In my case, I brought some mini portfolios along with lots of postcards. I think next year I will invest in making more mini portfolios and less postcards, since I used them a lot more and I ended up having lots of postcards leftovers. So choose whatever you think would work best for you and make lots of it to give away to as much people as you can. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Bring a pen and a notebook</b>, to write down email addresses, names or meeting times. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>Wear layers of clothes you can take off or put on</b>. It was a bit tricky because outside was freezing cold and inside was quite warm. So instead of a coat I wore a light jacket with lots of layers underneath. Next time I'll make sure to wear clothes with pockets too (for some reasons most of my clothes don't have them!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-My accommodation was quite close to the fair, which was great, so I could easily go there by foot. However, the city centre was quite far (30-40 minutes walking) and at night, after walking all day at the fair, there was no chance I would walk all the way to the city to meet with friends for dinner. So maybe the best would be to <b>find a place right in the middle between the fair and the centre</b> which is where everybody usually goes for dinner. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or be ready to pay a taxi (like I did). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-If you have some, <b>bring a few published samples</b>. People who had the time to interview me were interested in seeing those too. I read publishers would like to see dummies too, I didn't have any but I suppose it's a good idea to bring them along as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the next post I'll write about my personal experience </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at the fair </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(impressions, emotions, dark moments... yes, I had those too!!). Stay tuned!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Laura Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181808936753662777noreply@blogger.com5