My, oh my. Our #HFGather Illustrator Chat between Pat Cummings and Diane Dillon was just spectacular!
Pat shared many images from the career of Leo & Diane Dillon, talking techniques artist-to-artists; and Diane shared stories about their life and work. The two friends covered a lot of ground:
50 years of creative collaboration between Leo and Diane, and the legacy of their work
When given a story from another culture to illustrate, the Dillons tried to pay tribute to the art & artists from that culture in their illustrations
Other ways of matching the style to the story
The Dillon “family business” of working together on ALL their projects, and eventually including their son Lee
The joys of an electric eraser!
Facing down the blank white sheet of paper
Doing what it takes to get the job done, including finding inventive ways to “make real” your artistic vision
