Winnie the Pooh had it right. Eating honey is wonderful but, there is that moment, just before you start to eat it, that is even better!
It is the same with illustration. There is a moment in the action just before the crucial moment that is the prime illustrative moment. The actual main event - the shock, the reveal, the bang, crash, boom or wallop rightly belongs to the prose. As an illustrator you can't step on the toes of the author but that means we get to do the set up, set the scene, build the tension, for the author to do their thing.
Prose and illustration hand in hand, producing something better than either of them separately and greater than just the sum of the parts.
It is the same with illustration. There is a moment in the action just before the crucial moment that is the prime illustrative moment. The actual main event - the shock, the reveal, the bang, crash, boom or wallop rightly belongs to the prose. As an illustrator you can't step on the toes of the author but that means we get to do the set up, set the scene, build the tension, for the author to do their thing.
Prose and illustration hand in hand, producing something better than either of them separately and greater than just the sum of the parts.
