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- Thomas Taylor did the very first illustration for Harry Potter at a time when Bloomsbury was taking a chance on an unknown author. Just as it was J.K. Rowling’s first book, it was Taylor’s first commission. Fresh from art school, he dropped off his portfolio with Bloomsbury; the upshot was landing a career-making project.
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Taylor attended Norwich School of Art and Design in 1991. Then he studied illustration at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, graduating in 1995. [3] In 1997, Taylor painted his first professional commission, a cover illustration for a children's book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by then unknown author J. K. Rowling, for which ...
Apr 24, 2020 · GrandPre gave us our first glimpse into what Harry, the rest of the characters, and places really looked like. Her illustrations were all we knew about how scenes in the book really looked like, and in stunning color and detail.
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Dec 4, 2010 · But the first person who gave Harry a public face was Thomas Taylor, the artist responsible for the cover for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997, Bloomsbury). Thomas Taylor drew the first Harry Potter cover ever and was one of the first people to read the book.
In 1996, Thomas Taylor was 23 years old, fresh out of art school, an aspiring illustrator, and soon to be cover artist for an “unknown author,” J.K. Rowling. 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.
May 29, 2008 · 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 evocative drawings that traced...
Feb 7, 2018 · Mary GrandPré. One of the few lucky people who managed to read the books before they were even released to the public. GrandPré illustrated of the covers for the US editions, published by Scholastics. She has also illustrated many other children novels over the years as well.
