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- Using Rowling’s description, Taylor was the first person to give the boy wizard a public face, establishing the way the world would see Harry Potter.
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Jim Kay is the man behind the images and ArtDependence had the opportunity to catch up with him to find out more about how he brought the series to life in visual images. In 1997, a little-publicised book by an unknown author hit the bookshelves: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Within months, the entire publishing industry had been ...
May 29, 2008 · May 29, 2008 12:00 AM EDT. J.K. Rowling gave birth to Harry Potter, but Mary GrandPre breathed life into him for millions of readers. As illustrator of the Potter saga, GrandPre made...
Oct 12, 2015 · Now, you can read our full conversation with Kay, who tells us how he scored the opportunity of a lifetime (he’ll illustrate all seven Harry Potter books), and how he’s breathing new life...
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Apr 24, 2020 · If you own copies of the original illustrated Harry Potter series, you've seen Mary GrandPre's magical work. She helped bring the Wizarding World to life, even before the movies. On the back of Scholastic's original copies of the series, in the bottom right corner you will see the words, "Cover Art by Mary GrandPre", the only indicator that the ...
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Feb 7, 2018 · The man who penned the very first illustration for Harry Potter. Taylor illustrated the cover, both front and back, for The Philosopher’s Stone . He has since gone on and illustrated various other children novels along with writing some of his very own.
How did you first get involved in illustrating the Harry Potter books? What had you previously worked on? I'd not worked on a great deal. My first real full-length book was Monster Calls, which...
Apr 12, 2020 · In addition to the Harry Potter books, Mary has illustrated many picture books, including The Noisy Paint Box; Through the Window; How the Leopard Got His Claws; Cleonardo, the Little Inventor; and more. Speaking for myself, I’m not often awed by the writers and illustrators I met.