Last year I started a long, epic thread on Twitter featuring my favorite hidden thing to hunt for in picture books:
You can click through for the full thread, but here are some favorites I spotted in 2019:💫 DID YOU KNOW that many picture books have a note on the copyright page about how the illustrations were made? These are reliably interesting + sometimes funny or poignant or weird, too.— Elizabeth Metz (@finestmuffins) January 18, 2019
Not enough readers know to hunt for these treasures. I want to fix that: (1/?) 🔎
"The art in this book was rendered digitally after some procrastination, a fair amount of dawdling and several pep talks." -The Thing Lou Couldn't Do (2017) by @ashleyspires (4/?) 🔎— Elizabeth Metz (@finestmuffins) January 18, 2019
"The illustrations in this book were rendered in ink, crayon, and digital color, and not a small amount of impertinence." -This is Not a Normal Animal Book (2017) by @J_S_Dub & @mrbiggsdotcom (6/?) 🔎— Elizabeth Metz (@finestmuffins) January 18, 2019
I love hunting for and tracking these notes as I read picture books, mostly to learn more about the artist's process but also occasionally for a little laugh. At the start of 2020, I started a new thread:"This book was drawn with dip pen and acrylic ink and painted in watercolor, with some Adobe Photoshop shenanigans afterwards." -The Little Guys by @verabee (23/?) 🔎 #CopyrightPageArtNotes— Elizabeth Metz (@finestmuffins) July 12, 2019
Happy hunting! Some early favorites from this year:Happy 2020! I think it’s about time for a new #CopyrightPageArtNotes thread to kick off the new year. Let’s go close reading/treasure hunting...🔎 https://t.co/YzvNGirxd0— Elizabeth Metz (@finestmuffins) January 20, 2020
“The artwork for this book was rendered digitally after wishing on a star, planting it in soil, and giving it plenty of sunlight.” -Fairy Science by @ashleyspires (2019) 🔎 pic.twitter.com/YKVKff11fA— Elizabeth Metz (@finestmuffins) January 20, 2020
"The illustrations for this book were rendered in mixed media (acrylic on wood board, using sticks and other tools to paint; watercolor; construction paper; pen; and ink), and then assembled digitally." -Dancing Hands by @rafaellopezart & @margaritapoet (2019) 🔎 pic.twitter.com/UcsVkkA4UV— Elizabeth Metz (@finestmuffins) February 17, 2020
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