John Shelley's Blog
December 22, 2009
December 17, 2009
Unfortunately the popular portfolio website Childrensillustrators.com, which I subscribe to, is currently offline. The company is working on the situation, fingers crossed things will be sorted out in the near future.
In the meantime you can see a broad collection of my children's illustrations on my Flickr page.
In the meantime you can see a broad collection of my children's illustrations on my Flickr page.
November 27, 2009
This is from the 4-volume collection of lesser-known tales by Hans Christian Andersen, "Unknown Andersen" published by Hyoronsha during the bi-centenary celebrations of his birth in 2005. It accompanied The Story of a Mother, a dark tale of a mother's quest to find her child after it has been stolen by Death. During her journey she faces a series of painful ordeals, including embracing a thorn bush.
November 26, 2009
Last weekend I was invited to run a workshop at the British Isles SCBWI Conference at the University of Winchester. This was the second year for the event but only the first time I'd been able to attend. It was also the first time to see the British Isles membership together, though I recognised several faces from other events such as Bologna or the Society of Authors CWIG Conference last year.
As I write, the web promo is still viewable on the SCBWI British Isles Website. Other guests includ...
October 26, 2009
October 17, 2009
October 16, 2009
Anyone who knows my work well may have seen this before, it's from the picture book 12 no Tsuki-tachi (The 12 Months), a traditional Slovakian fairy tale, from the version by Marshak and published by Miki House in Japan with a translation by Sho Suzuki. One of my older works, but often reprinted, a new edition is about to be released.
The blog has been pretty quiet of late as I've been moving out of Staffordshire and settling into London. It's a big change from pretty, quiet Lichfield, but considering I've lived in cities most of my life, especially the bustle of Tokyo for so many years I feel a lot more comfortable in the big city. Location is very important for me, not only for artistic inspiration (see previous posts) but also for the convenience of living.
My biggest handicap in Lichfield was not being able to drive. M...
My biggest handicap in Lichfield was not being able to drive. M...
August 25, 2009
Very busy time lately, hence my silence on the blog. I've just returned from a long home-hunting expedition in London, with happy results, so major changes are in the pipeline.
I was amazed to find in the post a beautiful pewter plate from Highlights High Five magazine in the US. The inscription tells me I've been awarded the "Thinking Feature Illustration of the Year 2008".
I'm admittedly a bit of a fatalist, so this has to be a good omen I tell myself. Here's the plate...
...and the illustration.
I was amazed to find in the post a beautiful pewter plate from Highlights High Five magazine in the US. The inscription tells me I've been awarded the "Thinking Feature Illustration of the Year 2008".
I'm admittedly a bit of a fatalist, so this has to be a good omen I tell myself. Here's the plate...
...and the illustration.
July 17, 2009
another image from the vaults that fits this week's Illustration Friday Brief "Tango". This was for an exhibition held in Ginza a while ago.....
