I love fairy tales - the gothic images they evoke have always fascinated me. So I was very excited when Heather Miller, Director of Content at a wonderful company called Wireless Generation asked me to illustrate Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen.
Heather's idea for this book totally hooked me, because, unlike most books, this one will be done using photo illustration. I'll be working with Mark Salinas, a very talented costume and prop designer, and together, using sculpture, costume, painted backdrops and fabricated props, we'll create sets - much like the type of sets used in stop-motion animation. Each set will then be photographed for the book.
I've never done this before. Which makes it very exciting.
Above is a first look at how I see our cover.
