This what I do;
As a younger man I recorded what I saw in my travels. I was excited and so the work was exciting. As I became more experienced and familiar with my surroundings and the way that people are, I grew less excited. The work became less exciting too. It took awhile but started to separate my emotional reactions from the work (temporarily) to see o the work could stand on its own. Luckily it could. I am excited again and looking froward to producing more exciting work.
I illustrate books for children, various business documents and other material, all with a smile on my face. I love my work. This site allows me to present it all at once. It also allows me to experiment and learn which hopefully means that improvement is always around the corner.
I am always busy, even though I only do three things; illustrate, design and photograph. Behind all of those goes a lot of thought, though so maybe that’s where the time goes. Some of my work from all three areas, can be seen at www.designtribe.ltd.uk, wich also has some contact details if you wish to get in touch.
From 2011 the illustrationist starts to focus on work for children and families. We will expand the several categories to include playful and useful things for kids in school or at home. There will be new contributors, too. Our aim is to become a resource for all things children.
Hi Ken,
How good to discover your blog. I am familiar with your work as I write picture books. You’ll find one of your covers on my new blog that is all about writing picture books.
Thanks and best wishes,
George Shannon
Hi George
Thanks for finding me. I’m just discovering your blog right now. I like that you are focusing on children’s books and especially like the critique service… I may even be able to send you a few customers in the coming weeks and months.
Best of luck
Ken
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