Key Points
Thank you, they were a really lovely series to work on..
Ahlawat Gunjan, Art Director at Penguin India, reached out to me asking if I would illustrate a re-jacketing of several of Pamuks titles and I instantly wanted to be involved because I love opportunities to work across a series of images..
I think I see a difficulty in making illustrated books aimed at adults, I dont think theres that many avenues to get these kind of books published which seems absurd sometimes considering the enormity of the childrens book industry..
I enjoy pulling from the world around me a lot simply because its always changing and presenting new scenes and ideas. I keep a lot of sketchbooks and when Im not working on commissions and cant decide what to draw, I look back through these and theres often kernels of starting points to be found..
I also love the output of Tara Books; I have one of these books, The Night Life of Trees, which features artwork from The Gond tribe in Central India and is about the mythology of beautiful trees..
