26 avril 2013

Creak! said the bed



Several years ago, I started working on a children's book project: "Creak said the bed!" written by Phyllis Root,
with whom I had worked on "The House that Jill Built" (Walker books-UK/Candlewick Press-US)
("La maison de Lulu" en français, traduit au Père Castor).
I made ​​sketches, but then I had a hand accident and it could not work for six months, so we had 
to wait until my hand gets better to do the coloring. Finally the publisher decided to cancel the project.





I found the sketches yesterday, so I share with you :)
The story works somewhat like "the house that Jill built" in the form of gradual accumulation, 
with a suspense that goes gradually too, and a "theatral" end. And it sounds like a song.









I looked on the internet today and saw that the book exists. it was finally brought to life by another illustrator.


8 commentaires:

Berlobos♥ a dit…

your illustrations are so lovely...

Kris Tsang a dit…

Great work! I love your version more.

Erica Salcedo a dit…

Is a fantastic work! I love to see the storyboard, it's a funny story and the characters are lovely ^_^

Delphine Durand a dit…

Thank you ^^

szastiprast a dit…

... as in my house :D

teconlene a dit…

It's a pity because yours was so funny!!

Rob Dunlavey a dit…

What a shame that your version wasn't used. I hope they paid you well enough!

Delphine Durand a dit…

Thank you Rob. Obviously they did not asked me to pay back the first part of the advance I had received upon signature of the contract, so yes I had been paid for this first part of the work.