By Brandon Dorman Coming up with new characters can be an interesting process. Most times I start with familiar images, but if I push, explore, and revise enough, they always get better. This is what happened with our giants. We started with typical ogre-ish big bodies, but I remember talking with Virginia, Steve, and Sylvie [...]
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Celebrate Diana Wynne Jones
The jackets of Diana Wynne Jones’s books have been illustrated by wonderful and lauded artists over the years, from Paul O. Zelinsky, to John Rocco, to Brandon Dorman, and many more. While it’s easy to believe that beautiful artwork pops out of thin air by magic, Brandon Dorman pulls back the curtain a little to [...]
PIRATES Set Sail
By Brandon Dorman Arrrggh! This be da month that Cap’n Bones and his briny crew set sail! My brand-new picture book Pirates of the Sea! is now in stores! My goal was to create a pirate book that was traditionally based but showed as much as possible about what pirates encounter while at sea. Honestly, I [...]
Avast, Me Hearties! It’s Time to Celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Calling all salty dogs (and landlubbers, too)! This Sunday, September 19, marks the annual observation of International Talk Like a Pirate Day! So strap on that pegleg, pour a few mugs of grog, and get your parrrrtying on! Savvy? At Greenwillow, we’re already in the pirate spirit! New art for Brandon Dorman‘s upcoming Pirates of the Sea! is [...]
