These are some of the first drawings by Michael Martchenko for Give Me Back My Dad!
Michael gets a copy of the story -- called a manuscript -- from the book’s editor. He, Robert Munsch, and the book’s art director and editor meet to talk about the manuscript and to look at photographs of the kid the story is about and where she lives. Sometimes Michael will do some quick sketches at the meeting.
Then he goes back to his studio and creates detailed pencil drawings to match the story. These are called linears. He shows them to the editor, the art director and Robert Munsch and they talk about the linears and whether they work for the story. They discuss whether the illustrations are accurate and whether they are funny, and they make changes. Once those changes are made, Michael makes a final copy of the drawings on art boards, and he is ready to paint!
I am glad the pictures are on the web site. We read the desciption. I am curious about whether these pictures will be in the book? Do you know when the final pictures will be ready? And when can we see them on the website?
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The photos are used to help the illustrator create the paintings for the book. We'll be posting a video next week with illustrator Michael Martchenko demonstrating this. He has never been to Rigolet so the pictures are very helpful for him to make sure he's getting the details right. The finished book will be available in May.
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