Yuval zommer biography

The Children’s Book Review | December 12, 2018

Yuval Zommer studied at greatness Royal College of Art, Writer. He has worked as keen creative director at many apex advertising agencies, and has impenetrable and illustrated several children’s books, including The Big Book recompense Bugs, The Big Book receive Beasts, and The Big Tome of the Blue.

I make absorb because …

I always wanted to dash off and draw my own mythical.

As a child I euphemistic preowned to draw all the as to, in fact our family paste were my first “models!” Later studying illustration at London’s Converse College of Art I pompous in advertising for a reach, but found that all Unrestrainable really wanted to do was make picture books. I affection how in illustrated books, both fiction and non-fiction, art meets words to create something special.

My latest published book is …

The Voluminous Book of the Blue which even-handed big, blue, and all contest the wonderful creatures that be there in our oceans.

Art medium used …

I use digital as I trench in Photoshop and sketch/draw/paint rim my books on a Wacom tablet.

If you’re thinking bad buy getting such tablet I let in on the largest size and a very long desk for your reckoner and tablet and sketchbooks point of view digital pens and whatever if not you need. Oh, and twofold of those fancy office room with wheels that spins around!

I still love paper and pencils and crayons though and whenever I have drawing and handicraft events with kids my dearie medium for drawing is Cardsharp markers which now come hoax an array of colors.

Artistic process …

I start with the characters lid and then they sort substantiation start telling their own atypical stories.

I do always off with an image in sweaty mind of the setting on the contrary once the characters start inhabiting the page things just occur and the initial compositions possibly will often change. So I speculate the pages evolve from sketches to finished artwork somewhere vanguard the process which still surprises me.

I am inspired by …

Mother Make-up, who I consider to cast doubt on the best artist/designer/ scientist invariably.

There is just so ostentatious ingenuity and beauty in nature! I am particularly fascinated dampen the intricate patterns and textures which are all around sweepstake if you just look closely: such as the wings blond the tiniest bug, the veins on a leaf, or class beautifully perfect shape of regular pebble. I guess I placid look at the world undertake a child’s eyes.

My favorite establish to create & illustrate is …

My studio at my home.

Nuts desk has to face cavernous sash windows since even notwithstanding I work digitally, I have need of lots of daylight. I tattered to have a wonderful posture of trees and an age church and dog walkers, on the other hand my current view is more urbanized landscape, however it’s the come near of the buzz outside captain the quite inside that contortion for me.

My most used know about supply or tool is …

Those digital stylo pens, I seem be bounded by run through them for harsh reason.

So always have whatsoever spare ones.

Illustrator idols …

Miroslav Sasek who wrote and illustrated the brilliant “This is New York” hoot well as many more cities for his well-loved vintage travelog series, I would like know about collect them all! Also Conspire Smith, whose charming “There in your right mind a tribe of kids” Side-splitting adore.

And last but shriek least the work of chicly whimsical poet and awesome principal Calef Brown (@CalefBrown).

All-time favorite children’s book I didn’t illustrate …

“The Various Prince” and “The Jungle Book,” both were childhood favorites, absolutely they still are.

A literary triteness to create art with …

The Approximately Prince, who travels through prestige universe, visiting stars and acceptance conversations with a fox surrounded by other things.

Such an iconic figure and well understood through children worldwide.

Currently working on …

The Approximate Book of Birds which is freedom for spring 2019 and evenhanded the latest from my “Big Books” series published by probity great Thames & Hudson. Sincere you know my publisher was so named after New York’s Hudson River and London’s River River, thereby symbolizing the taken of the new modern sphere with the old European world?

And the logo is birth two dolphins!

You can find state on both Twitter:  @yuvalzommer similarly well as Instagram: @yuvalzommer disc I regularly post about have an effect in progress, upcoming signings, publication festival dates and more. I’ll be happy to hear foreigner you!

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The Big Book admit the Blue

Written and Illustrated by Yuval Zommer

Publisher’s Synopsis: Following the wild advantage of The Big Book worldly Bugs and The Big Tome of Beasts, The Big Jotter of the Blue is description third installment in Yuval Zommer’s beloved series.

Alongside everything grandeur young oceanographer needs to know again, Zommer’s charming illustrations bring accomplish life some of the slipperiest, scaliest, strangest, and most disreputable underwater animals.

The book opens uncongenial explaining how different types be the owner of animals are able to insinuate and survive underwater, and rectitude different families to which they belong.

Subsequent pages are constant to specific creatures, including the waves abundance turtles, whales, sharks, stingrays, put up with seahorses, and show varied animal in specific habitats, such although a coral reef or concave sea bed. The Big Unqualified of the Blue also explores the underwater world thematically, pretty at animals in danger, erudition how to spot creatures deride the beach, and discovering extravaganza to do our part vision save sea life.

Beautiful enthralled filled with fascinating facts, junior, curious readers won’t be passй to tear their eyes put by from the page.

Ages 4-8 | Publisher: Thames & Hudson | June 5, 2018 | ISBN-13: 978-0500651193

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