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One Artist’s Dummy Exercises

Illustrator Denise Hilton Campbell was among the participants at my UCSD Extension class, “Illustrating Books for Children” last Spring. She has an extensive portfolio of published works f… more →

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One Artist's Dummy Exercises

Joy Chu wrote 5 months ago: Illustrator Denise Hilton Campbell was among the participants at my UCSD Extension class, “Ill … more →

Tags: Illustration Classes, More adventures in teaching, Real life stories about illustrators, teaching children's book illustration, UCSD Illustrating Children's Books Workshop with Joy Ch, character studies, children's book illustration, denise hilton campbell, Joy Chu

More about my upcoming UCSD Extension Class! — 9 comments

Joy Chu wrote 5 months ago: Since I’ve been receiving numerous emails with questions about my upcoming online class at UCS … more →

Tags: Art & Media, character studies, Illustration Classes, More adventures in teaching, questions and answers for your characters, Real life stories about illustrators, real stories for picture books, Researching for your picture book, Storyboards and Collaboration

2012 Best Illustrated Books, from the N.Y. Times

Joy Chu wrote 6 months ago: There’s always surprises and delights galore when perusing Best Books Lists. Here’s this … more →

Tags: Bruce Handy, Cathryn Mercier, chiara carrer, Chris Raschka, gabi swiatkowska, Henry Cole, Joe McKendry, Jon Klassen, Jorge

Going Through Your Process: a, b, c... — 5 comments

Joy Chu wrote 9 months ago: Christian Robinson sent a delightful thank-you-note for sharing his work here at the Countdown last … more →

Tags: ALA 2012 Highlights coming this Fall, Real life stories about illustrators, "Harlem's Little Blackbird", acrylics and collage, Christian Robinson, digital black and white illustration, fg, Florence Mills, On-Line Portfolio

The Galapagos, coming in September! — 1 comment

Joy Chu wrote 10 months ago: It’s no accident that the books I’m most attracted to tend to sprout from the same impri … more →

Tags: ALA 2012 Highlights coming this Fall, Roaring Brook Press, Jason Chin, neal porter, Galapagos Islands, nonfiction as story, Evolution, species colonization, geological

On Eyes, Portfolios and Postcards — 10 comments

Joy Chu wrote 10 months ago: Before I begin on the above-mentioned topic, I must share a forthcoming book that caught my eye on t … more →

Tags: ALA 2012 Highlights coming this Fall, "Harlem's Little Blackbird", I Must Have Bobo!, I'll save you, Bobo, Christian Robinson, fg, Florence Mills, harlem renaissance

So much to see, so much to ♥ — 9 comments

Joy Chu wrote 10 months ago: The American Library Association’s annual convention came and left Anaheim last week. It was a … more →

Tags: UCSD Illustrating Children's Books Workshop with Joy Ch, teaching children's book illustration, ALA, Roaring Brook Press, neal porter, james rumford, "From the Good Mountain", "How Gutenberg Changed the World", American Library Association 2012 Meeting

View BEA Live Streaming here!

Joy Chu wrote 11 months ago: [Dance gif © Christophe Niemann] You won’t want to miss this:   BEA is breaking new ground mak … more →

Tags: Check out BookExpoAmerica here..., Book & Author Breakfasts 2012 at BEA, 2012, APA Author Tea, Author Breakfasts, Barbara Kingsolver, Bea, Book Expo America, Chris Colfer

Thank you, Chris Demarest... — 1 comment

Joy Chu wrote 1 year ago: Click here to read our interview with Chris Demarest [2/29/2012] On March 10th, 2012, Chris was pres … more →

Tags: Real life stories about illustrators, Chris Demarest, Artist In Residence, Exhibit of Veteran Portraits, LCDR Regina Mills, Paul Dussault, Portraits from treasured photos, Portraits of Veterans, Veteran Anecdotes

"A" is for Amy and the Original Art ... — 5 comments

Joy Chu wrote 1 year ago: I was delighted to learn that this year’s chair for The Original Art 2011 was Amy June Bates. … more →

Tags: The Original Art 2011 series - a peek behind the scenes, The Original Art 2011 - A Cross Section of Selections f, Book trailer, Cecilia Yung, The 2011 Original Art Show, Society of Illustrators, Sean Qualls, Amy June Bates, Julie Danielson

The picture book as memoir — 3 comments

Joy Chu wrote 1 year ago: In a recent School Library Journal article, Anita Silvey reflects on the current state of affairs re … more →

Tags: The Original Art 2011 series - a peek behind the scenes, The Original Art 2011 - A Cross Section of Selections f, "I Will Come Back for You", Shanghai Messenger, "The House Baba Built", "The Line Up Book", "The Orphan: A Cinderella Story from Greece", "The Year I Didn't Go to School", Alvina Ling

Scratching an Ampersand™ surface...

Joy Chu wrote 1 year ago: I had some nosy questions for Rosalyn Schanzer about the preparation of her artwork for Witches! The … more →

Tags: The Original Art 2011 series - a peek behind the scenes, Applying a second color to black art, Rosalyn Schanzer, art director David Seager, creating 2-color art, overlays, adding layers to scans, registering crop marks to overlays, sizing art proportionally

A snoring otter? Just ask Zachariah OHora!

Joy Chu wrote 1 year ago: Meet the creator of the otter that won the special Founder’s Award at the upcoming 2011 Origin … more →

Tags: Society of Illustrators, "Stop Snoring Bernard", Zacharia Ohora, Original Art Show 2011, Special Founder's Award

Awestruck by teaching, part 1 — 9 comments

Joy Chu wrote 1 year ago: One of the bonuses of teaching at UCSD Extension is the diversity of the students themselves. It was … more →

Tags: teaching children's book illustration, Joy Chu, Storyboards, Thumbnails, Book dummy, Ella German, andrea zuill, Anna Guillotte, illustration workshop

On Illustrating and promoting "The Grand Plan to Fix Everything" — 26 comments

Joy Chu wrote 1 year ago: Today we feature the illustrator for Uma Krishnaswami‘s latest book, The Grand Plan to Fix Eve … more →

Tags: On illustrating middle grade novels, "The Grand Plan to Fix Everything, character studies, Book trailer, iMovie, Uma Krishnaswami, Abigail Halpin, indian movie stars, "The Grand Plan to Fix Everything"

Earth Day! — 23 comments

Joy Chu wrote 2 years ago: Today we are celebrating Earth Day 2011 with a visit behind the making of Compost Stew: An A-to-Z Re … more →

Tags: Celebrating Earth Day, 2011, "Compost Stew" by Mary McKenna Siddals & Ashley Wol, composting as subject, recycling as art medium, Ashley Wolff, Mary McKenna Siddals, compost stew, "An A-to-Z Recipe for the Earth", recycled materials as art medium, collage from recycled papers

Sew fine — 6 comments

Joy Chu wrote 2 years ago: I’m amazed to discover yet more artists using needle and thread as their illustration medium. … more →

Tags: Sew Fine, jillian tamaki, skim, Black Beauty, Emma, Half World, The Secret Garden, cover illustration, Embroidery as illustration

A visit from Anne Rockwell & Lizzy Rockwell! — 7 comments

Joy Chu wrote 2 years ago: Great news: Another mother-and-daughter collaboration is in-the-works! Today, we get a sneak-preview … more →

Tags: Spring preview: Anne & Lizzy Rockwell, first day at school, Joy Chu, Anne Rockwell, Lizzy Rockwell, holiday series, June 2011 title, classroom series, mother daughter collaboration

Re-issuing classic books — 18 comments

Joy Chu wrote 2 years ago: Many publishers will try out a talented new illustrator by commissioning a jacket for an existing cl … more →

Tags: On re-issues of classic books, Hugh D'Andrade, Joy Chu, new art for classic books, To Kill a Mockingbird, Alice in Wonderland, A Tale Dark & Grimm, Adam Gidwitz, Harper Lee


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