David Hughes
Highly self-critical and incisive, David Hughes began his long career in TV graphics, and his turning toward children's book illustration may seem unlikely. Somehow his signature spikey-edged draughtsmanship, graphic design sensibility, & precise capture of expression, though occasionally grotesque & alarming, translated well to the current picture-book market. He currently writes & illustrates under the pseudonym Sandy Turner ("the blandest, most gender-neutral name I could think of").
2. http://www.gaudesaboos.be/
Pieter Gaudesaboos:
"... I imagined a child's head as a house with lots & lots of rooms. All the rooms were different & you have to go through all of them in order to understand the child."
After studying graphic design for three years, photo-illustrator Gaudesaboos went to school for photography for two more. He tells his story of the launch of his career as going to publishers with his portfolio, and after being complemented on his work, only being told to "make something" & come back. This is how he wrote his first picture book, & was drawn in by the "overall visual authorial role" that makes him feel himself a storyteller, above an illustrator.
3. Sara Fanelli
http://www.sarafanelli.com/
After being raised in Florence and educated in London (Camberwell and the Royal College of Art), Fanelli worked in editorial, design, advertising, and children's books, despite her feeling that her work within the graphic art world is "at odds with the inherent conservatism of the children's publishing market". She believes this condition is improving, however, with large co-editions being sold by UK publishers to the US & France, where the aesthetic is more progressive. Her collage, digital and hand-drawn combinations has made her a darling of publisher Walker Books, & got her commissioned for a 40-metre hanging for the Tate Britain Gallery.
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