tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36072302954418713832024-03-14T10:52:15.672+00:00Amanda LillywhiteIllustration, writing, graphic novels, books, comics and other creative projects. Click on the tabs for more information and for portfolios.Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-2981589100343693962022-12-01T17:59:00.000+00:002022-12-01T17:59:49.458+00:00What Football Job Can You Do? Illustrations for a non-fiction book by Emma Juhasz for Mighty Shepherd Publishing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvZNLosBvGe7Q8MObPHTNy2jDn8-a_cB3qqagUSpgFeE1kdqqWkCRiJjyEll_fImCj6Z4JduHqAgY96s1-vmYGLqJ7581LMyxKhe8oDoZd0d_r2Xfel1PfGBc-XbHo6AhtGXhLFqcbaBXoqvH20594XOLvImBhEuCP5ox1LrBF-7pQJmOkK1ZRf7pDA/s1709/20221029_163648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1709" data-original-width="1282" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvZNLosBvGe7Q8MObPHTNy2jDn8-a_cB3qqagUSpgFeE1kdqqWkCRiJjyEll_fImCj6Z4JduHqAgY96s1-vmYGLqJ7581LMyxKhe8oDoZd0d_r2Xfel1PfGBc-XbHo6AhtGXhLFqcbaBXoqvH20594XOLvImBhEuCP5ox1LrBF-7pQJmOkK1ZRf7pDA/w480-h640/20221029_163648.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p> My most recent illustration commission has been published!</p><i>What Football Job Can You Do? </i>is the third in a series of non-fiction fully illustrated books for children aged six-years-old upwards. The series aims to educate children about jobs they might like to do when they're adults. Other books in the series are <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3607230295441871383/3045592486795895885#"><i>What do Vets do?</i></a> and <i><a href="http://amandalillywhite.blogspot.com/2020/10/what-do-construction-workers-do.html" target="_blank">What do Construction Workers do?</a></i><br /><br /><i>What Football Job Can You Do?</i> has 52 pages of: information about many different kinds of jobs in football; interesting facts about football; information about finding work in football in the UK and some fun activities. It was written by <a href="https://emmajuhasz.com/" target="_blank">Emma Juhasz</a> and published by Mighty Shepherd Publishing<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRhw5Fwt-w8kuxKGQ-h8Ra27Z3xfbKmLl-bzY0XNnmAq7BQj7RWqm1Fx2EVDQI6FXeljv9UTcRRQvTUY7ekyeXSe_ZfdOiWU-BKROyo-FcakPImCOJ5blgbTnmkJkbKZYEEGyM7J-aiyWOVsvmfiS-V1lX7l98k-fFjLwkGUqJoG6fzk1X3KmxD5m-w/s2160/20221029_112126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2160" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRhw5Fwt-w8kuxKGQ-h8Ra27Z3xfbKmLl-bzY0XNnmAq7BQj7RWqm1Fx2EVDQI6FXeljv9UTcRRQvTUY7ekyeXSe_ZfdOiWU-BKROyo-FcakPImCOJ5blgbTnmkJkbKZYEEGyM7J-aiyWOVsvmfiS-V1lX7l98k-fFjLwkGUqJoG6fzk1X3KmxD5m-w/w400-h400/20221029_112126.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZPF1malUTG1XgtgTUExw3wyto7ydQ_qloASoGGaNDlWTIIBwM6HhRxdjvxSOXqZvNJpkY58vJ1MLLkDZFeYwpv6Pi8b3XCZJUysGFIdfeNerbbJFcsgOsmDct-D8g61rvTWSV-tQSezM8_l0XQcGJC6MIhtNQneRxRxuroM4wNKQ4EeqTJeNDlbVtA/s2018/20221029_163820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="2018" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZPF1malUTG1XgtgTUExw3wyto7ydQ_qloASoGGaNDlWTIIBwM6HhRxdjvxSOXqZvNJpkY58vJ1MLLkDZFeYwpv6Pi8b3XCZJUysGFIdfeNerbbJFcsgOsmDct-D8g61rvTWSV-tQSezM8_l0XQcGJC6MIhtNQneRxRxuroM4wNKQ4EeqTJeNDlbVtA/w400-h353/20221029_163820.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi13cL73W88eQPisweKegXQRuL5MM6oFS6klEUa5jBiVS1_ofz8Bjry6XYrxwRQmSrv0G2ZaE48R9yiDtRHa7l0_sl3gHwi8CitKMQFjNa4sH1U8DZqWUgq5xTyHZYLIOAhFVpWm2vblXvlAOocYKxCLotd3WmBZ4tT-h-Tj50Zu5GuU6rlHU5qe6h7Fg/s2160/20221029_112031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2160" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi13cL73W88eQPisweKegXQRuL5MM6oFS6klEUa5jBiVS1_ofz8Bjry6XYrxwRQmSrv0G2ZaE48R9yiDtRHa7l0_sl3gHwi8CitKMQFjNa4sH1U8DZqWUgq5xTyHZYLIOAhFVpWm2vblXvlAOocYKxCLotd3WmBZ4tT-h-Tj50Zu5GuU6rlHU5qe6h7Fg/w400-h400/20221029_112031.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://emmajuhasz.com/shop/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><i>What Football Job can you do?</i><span> can be bought online on at EmmaJuhasz.com</span></a></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>If you'd like to know more about What Football Job Can You Do? and other books in the series contact <a href="https://emmajuhasz.com/contact-emma-juhasz/" target="_blank">Emma Juhasz.</a> </i><i>What Football Job Can You Do?</i><i> is published by Mighty Shepherd.</i></div>Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0London, UK51.5072178 -0.127586223.196983963821154 -35.2838362 79.817451636178845 35.0286638tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-30455924867958958852020-10-06T12:12:00.007+01:002022-12-01T17:37:54.863+00:00What do Construction Workers do? Illustrations for a non-fiction book by Emma Juhasz for Mighty Shepherd Publishing<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsiwSVwEfY_ibU-WFOQSOtN5e2onQLZeQUXDW8AuDxUuJpd3Cnp88FuzhYhfdnA97AWCVu2UfVfhKlyyZ7riA6sAIoIYVZ920wZ59pAQqgah6_jWnCeWyb4M1_tqR4hvBxTmJfiSkKXAs/s2048/What+do+construction+workers+do+front+cover.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cover for What do construction workers do by Emma Juhasz and Amanda Lillywhite" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsiwSVwEfY_ibU-WFOQSOtN5e2onQLZeQUXDW8AuDxUuJpd3Cnp88FuzhYhfdnA97AWCVu2UfVfhKlyyZ7riA6sAIoIYVZ920wZ59pAQqgah6_jWnCeWyb4M1_tqR4hvBxTmJfiSkKXAs/w413-h640/What+do+construction+workers+do+front+cover.jpg" width="413" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Front cover for <i>What do Construction Workers do?</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><br /></i></div><i>What do Construction Workers do? </i>is the second in a series of non-fiction fully illustrated books for children aged six-years-old upwards. The series aims to educate children about jobs they might like to do when they are adults. The first book was <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3607230295441871383/3045592486795895885#"><i>What do Vets do?</i></a> and more books are planned.<br /><br /><i>What do Construction Workers do?</i> has 48 pages of: information about many different kinds of construction work and the equipment used; interesting facts about buildings and construction; information about finding work in construction in the UK and some fun activities. It was written by <a href="https://emmajuhasz.com/" target="_blank">Emma Juhasz</a> and published by Mighty Shepherd Publishing.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiL9DjuZUTDJ95CpKiBmITAzEEe-5EZRgzOiAaO6IjOlLDs6li6ac0UG10S1o-hE334jcRLlodoWWnoRm_V4YytqhJnKeBF7_nOa0_4pgizoDoH6W3RV47tx-m-OFJgelkz3Cj9dx-GuTD/s2048/construction+workers+inside.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1646" data-original-width="2048" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiL9DjuZUTDJ95CpKiBmITAzEEe-5EZRgzOiAaO6IjOlLDs6li6ac0UG10S1o-hE334jcRLlodoWWnoRm_V4YytqhJnKeBF7_nOa0_4pgizoDoH6W3RV47tx-m-OFJgelkz3Cj9dx-GuTD/w400-h321/construction+workers+inside.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ydvy3qz0MT99uLAP7aSCvD4SdgpWMgziOFf6lZwiVbPGOMMh8inoBpgWZ64JgbZiQ7DjNAuNSFUBIum0datrBFgcydKYhqtMEqAWdqQyZsRizGq5Af3xjEivr3jGLvJeblQ6uEtlIdRw/s2048/construction+workers+inside+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ydvy3qz0MT99uLAP7aSCvD4SdgpWMgziOFf6lZwiVbPGOMMh8inoBpgWZ64JgbZiQ7DjNAuNSFUBIum0datrBFgcydKYhqtMEqAWdqQyZsRizGq5Af3xjEivr3jGLvJeblQ6uEtlIdRw/w400-h300/construction+workers+inside+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://emmajuhasz.com/shop/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><i style="text-align: left;">What Do Construction Workers Do?</i><span style="text-align: left;"> can be bought online on at EmmaJuhasz.com</span></a></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>If you'd like to know more about What Do Construction Workers Do? and other books in the series contact <a href="https://emmajuhasz.com/contact-emma-juhasz/" target="_blank">Emma Juhasz.</a> What Do Construction Workers Do? is published by Mighty Shepherd.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVWzjKTMZxnBZW3ivTfBgxgZ5pOdS2YatkyTa8WjAfBrcwgGIy8W8TT90dyKf0vsdx6C_FqD3ATNEl2oT45hF-Fg4U-hi3bt4K5eS3p2AXndqdKlN8xlgQAo3SuDd51CKa65u_gFyr8K5/s502/700352_056+cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="425" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVWzjKTMZxnBZW3ivTfBgxgZ5pOdS2YatkyTa8WjAfBrcwgGIy8W8TT90dyKf0vsdx6C_FqD3ATNEl2oT45hF-Fg4U-hi3bt4K5eS3p2AXndqdKlN8xlgQAo3SuDd51CKa65u_gFyr8K5/w339-h400/700352_056+cropped.jpg" width="339" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><div><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.86px;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-41930075845048777672020-09-13T14:36:00.001+01:002020-09-13T14:37:32.099+01:001970s coat - a sewing project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPp3Buu3ZEqtmHQRYvySgL8nwB91moLCDvRA9AZejMlWLQTpVL26SCS0TA5W2R-0boPrnxlq6fVjY1P7-M46tVP2OxYjtfv-D-5b9ZY-YmKiU_HuBsF0cZcYp_l_DoYCbts2FPU-etwtv/s2048/coat+and+pattern.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="2048" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPp3Buu3ZEqtmHQRYvySgL8nwB91moLCDvRA9AZejMlWLQTpVL26SCS0TA5W2R-0boPrnxlq6fVjY1P7-M46tVP2OxYjtfv-D-5b9ZY-YmKiU_HuBsF0cZcYp_l_DoYCbts2FPU-etwtv/w400-h251/coat+and+pattern.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Artwork for my most recent illustration commission for Mighty Shepherd Publishing <i>What do Construction Workers do?</i> is with the printer. While waiting for final edits and so on I made a coat out of scrap material using a vintage 1970s sewing pattern. What better way to relax? I'll post about the book when it's launched and available to buy in early October.Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-48246477279604312262020-09-03T14:55:00.005+01:002020-09-13T14:42:44.638+01:00What do Vets do? Illustrations for a non-fiction book by Emma Juhasz for Mighty Shepherd Publishing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBSILkdJOlb7PyAwdCSTIuG8a2pYDAaCxzo99nHWcvnMUWfDwXEQz6EhdtcLZJe3t4MYF76vfMzfn5UJvn44gPSPhb5iZ4Tq2UgnMLBuLU5Rz7WGQcmF1AXi1vSv3DnwxAlGpeCoIL9tn/s2048/vet+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="What do vets do? by Emma Juhasz illustrated by Amanda Lillywhite" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1305" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBSILkdJOlb7PyAwdCSTIuG8a2pYDAaCxzo99nHWcvnMUWfDwXEQz6EhdtcLZJe3t4MYF76vfMzfn5UJvn44gPSPhb5iZ4Tq2UgnMLBuLU5Rz7WGQcmF1AXi1vSv3DnwxAlGpeCoIL9tn/w255-h400/vet+cover.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><p><i>What do Vets do? </i>is a non-fiction fully illustrated book for children aged six-years-old upwards. There are 48 pages of: information about the kinds of vets there are and the equipment they use; interesting facts about animals; information about how to become a vet in the UK and some fun activities. It was written by <a href="https://emmajuhasz.com/" target="_blank">Emma Juhasz</a> and published by Mighty Shepherd Publishing.</p><div>While working on this project I learnt a lot about animals including the fact that elephants can swim. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Swimming elephant by Amanda Lillywhite" border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="1093" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvQPgIuLDQPXIsj6VzcRKUSyKy9jR6VZlQHhavdFAlceL67iEJKV7sJKcrDTXAwvF-1ueb4xhT_GaQiVccF6eosanhdwKS9xayTl6l5salbcChZmFzeHdNSbvZc8VH6mPTzHwG7tE8Kg6/w400-h217/elephant.jpg" title="There are lots of other interesting facts in the book." width="400" /></div><br /></div><div><div>And gorillas sometimes need a dentist.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4VheWmcP2rOQ_7j5Hq0IGBVQv36ULh-Zls6OV4lynpo0gdKfLjib0hNGgWaqVLDpBqtl9h8mD8m11BfzcwWt72emCU80V6UYLmErheetLvFQ148-dok0s3QeTCbJtkb1qOqVt6H4vCqA/s1099/gorilla.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1087" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4VheWmcP2rOQ_7j5Hq0IGBVQv36ULh-Zls6OV4lynpo0gdKfLjib0hNGgWaqVLDpBqtl9h8mD8m11BfzcwWt72emCU80V6UYLmErheetLvFQ148-dok0s3QeTCbJtkb1qOqVt6H4vCqA/s320/gorilla.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And what different kinds of vets do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihb7s_ZdUGhhCUScH1pfDdAo00zDIucKgCm4ziCPmxYW0BloknpPMKpIaRlLAGd2sgqZQo3Kzq-XIrGKynfSQUoy-UnjadPz2Tea2-nC38wwbWRZ4OWuevuxSROd3SZMou6MuArToPPilR/s2048/008+vets+in+action+small+family+pets+14+%252B+15+300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="2048" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihb7s_ZdUGhhCUScH1pfDdAo00zDIucKgCm4ziCPmxYW0BloknpPMKpIaRlLAGd2sgqZQo3Kzq-XIrGKynfSQUoy-UnjadPz2Tea2-nC38wwbWRZ4OWuevuxSROd3SZMou6MuArToPPilR/w400-h309/008+vets+in+action+small+family+pets+14+%252B+15+300.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://emmajuhasz.com/childrens-book-what-vets-do/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Click here for more information and to find out to find out how to buy <i>What do Vets do</i></a><i>?</i></div><br /><div><i>What do Vets do?</i> is the first in the series of books for children about the kind of work they might like to do when they grow up. The second book in the series <i>What do Construction Workers do?</i> is soon to be published.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>If you'd like to know more about What Do Vets Do? and other books in the series contact <a href="https://emmajuhasz.com/contact-emma-juhasz/" target="_blank">Emma Juhasz.</a> What Do Vets Do? is published by Mighty Shepherd.</i></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-37978692647559798072019-12-23T14:20:00.004+00:002020-09-13T14:49:59.239+01:00Christmas Advent Windows in South London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Tottenham's Trojan Horse?' is available at <a href="http://www.housmans.com/" target="_blank">Housmans Bookshop</a> and <a href="https://crazypanda.bigcartel.com/product/tottenham-s-trojan-horse-a-tale-of-stadium-led-regeneration-in-north-london" target="_blank">Big Cartel</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dave Morris interviewed on BBC Radio London. Illustration from 'Tottenham's Trojan Horse'.</td></tr>
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<i>Tottenham's Trojan Horse?</i> is based on one of the case studies in Mark Panton's doctoral thesis about stadium-led regeneration.<br />
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I helped Mark edit his thesis and during this process we had many conversations about a community in High Road West, Tottenham. Their homes and businesses may be demolished to clear space for a fans' walkway from White Hart Lane train station to the entrance of the new Tottenham Hotspur Football Club stadium and they have joined together to challenge the proposals.<br />
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Mark and I decided to create a book that would use his research to tell the story of how the fans' walkway proposals came about, show the impact on the people affected by it and what they are doing in response. The best way to do this, we felt, was to use a comic format, base it around dialogue from interviews and make it accessible to a general audience 14-years-old upwards.<br />
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Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-43780080978407479792017-11-20T10:33:00.000+00:002017-11-20T10:33:04.942+00:00Duck&Bear comic (suitable for adults and older children) available on Big Cartel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first episode, there are five episodes in total.</td></tr>
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Duck & Bear was originally created as a webcomic but is now available on <a href="http://crazypanda.bigcartel.com/product/duck-bear-comic" target="_blank">Big Cartel</a> as an A4 handmade Japanese-bound comic. Duck is a writer and Bear is an illustrator, the story explores their creative processes and friendship. It's warm, funny and family-friendly but best suited to older children and adults. UK price of £6 includes shipping, overseas buyers or anyone with any questions please message Amanda via the contact form on this blog.<br /><br />For more information about this comic and to see other books go to: <a href="http://crazypanda.bigcartel.com/">crazypanda.bigcartel.com</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The comics are handmade and Japanese-bound.</td></tr>
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Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-687966334390038062017-09-15T09:11:00.001+01:002020-09-03T14:26:29.869+01:00Comic Book Day 2017 at Dagenham Library - Autobiographical Comic Workshop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How to book a free ticket for Comic Book Day at Dagenham Library (there is a link at the end of this post).</td></tr>
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On September 23, from 2-5pm, I will be running a drop-in autobiographical comic workshop at Dagenham Library. It will be suitable for all ages and all abilities. The comic can take any form but my suggestion would be to make it about something that has happened that day - like an entry in a diary.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of a 24 hour comic I made a couple of years ago, it was created during the course of a day.</td></tr>
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If you are interested in comics, zines or graphic novels it's fine to just drop by for a chat.<br />
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A couple of my zines will be on sale. I will also have information about the workshops I'll be running at Barking or Dagenham Library starting February 3 next year - 6 sessions that will lead to participant comics being published together in a book. Plus the lady in the photo, Catherine, will be with me - she is a character in a zine I'm working on at the moment.<br />
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Besides my workshop there will be a poet, comic book retailers, publishers and more.<br />
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For free tickets to Comic Book Day and more information please register on <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/readfest-2017-comic-book-day-tickets-36579878401?aff=eac2" target="_blank">EventBrite</a> or phone 020 8724 3942 or email <a href="mailto:libraries@lbbd.gov.uk" target="_blank">LBBD</a>. You can email me via the contact form on this blog if you have any questions.<br />
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Comic Book Day is part of LBBD's ReadFest 2017. Information about other ReadFest events is on EventBrite and available at LBBD libraries.</div>
Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-11079308356416332502017-08-31T07:33:00.000+01:002017-08-31T07:33:37.108+01:00Non-fiction graphic novel "Tottenham's Trojan Horse? A Tale of Stadium-led Regeneration in North London"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>In 2010 Haringey Council in London granted planning permission to Tottenham Hotspur Football Club for a new stadium and other linked developments. In 2012 Haringey unveiled regeneration plans for the borough that included demolition of homes and businesses to make way for a proposed fan’s walkway from a relocated train station to the site of the new stadium. A process that was already challenging for the football club, the council and the local community now became tortuous. Those most affected by the proposals felt left out of the decision making and had to find a voice.</i></blockquote>
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In the next week or so we'll have a draft of "Tottenham's Trojan Horse?" ready. All text will be in place and will have been edited several times but the drawings are either rough pencil sketches or photos that I'm using as placeholders. Before going any further we're going to show it to others for their input. This is to make sure the book will be factually correct and easy to understand. The story is taken from one of Dr Mark Panton's case studies in his doctoral thesis, rewritten so as to be accessible to academics and non-academics 14-years-old upwards.<br />
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We have started up a <a href="http://tottenhamstrojanhorse.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">blog</a> and a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TottenhamsTrojanHorse" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> to post further progress of the book but please contact me if you have any questions. The book will be published in early 2018.<br />
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Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-80439280150396692512017-05-26T07:17:00.002+01:002021-02-17T15:00:09.290+00:00Rovertown Dynamos vs. Mogford Juniors - a story about the camaraderie of football<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Rovertown Dynamos vs. Mogford Juniors is one of three illustrated stories I wrote and illustrated for a children's book published by <a href="https://www.nfauk.org/" target="_blank">The Neuro Foundation</a> - a charity that supports people of all ages with <a href="https://www.nfauk.org/what-is-neurofibromatosis" target="_blank">Neurofibromatosis</a>.<br />
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The Neuro Foundation wanted the book to be warm and life affirming and for one of the stories to be about bullying (they had requests about the other stories but I will talk about them another time).<br />
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At first I was worried about how I could write about bullying in a positive context and then I thought about setting the story in a football team.<br />
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I should point out that I know very little about the game of football, although I have been around football fans all my life somehow the game itself washes over me. However, my partner Mark Panton and our daughter have shown me something I can relate to - the positive side of the culture of football. They are both fans of Dulwich Hamlet FC in South London, a non-league club that goes out of its way to be inclusive and supportive of all kinds of people. Our daughter is autistic and has mild learning difficulties. She has been watching Dulwich Hamlet matches with Mark since she was very small and has been able to have a level of independence and interaction during the games that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. Both on and off the pitch there is warmth and camaraderie; my daughter is safe to wander around during matches and no one judges her.<br />
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It occurred to me that if a football player was insulted during a match their team would immediately rally round to support them. This was the starting point for Rovertown Dynamos vs. Mogford Juniors.<br />
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The teams in my story are both made up of girls. There are lots of stories about boys playing football and I feel that girls are too often overlooked. I know from experience with my daughter that girls can be passionate about the game and that there aren't enough opportunities for them to play. In my small way I am trying redress the balance a little by showing girls being good at football and being taken seriously.<br />
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You can find out about <a href="http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwichhamlet" target="_blank">Dulwich Hamlet Football Club on their website</a> and go to the FA website to find out about <a href="http://www.thefa.com/womens-girls-football/about-womens-football" target="_blank">women's and girl's football</a>.</div>
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Many thanks to Mark Panton for advising me on the detail of football games.</div>
Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-36417766459146252742017-05-15T18:23:00.007+01:002021-02-26T12:24:14.611+00:00Friends – three illustrated stories for children with Neurofibromatosis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I loved working on this book.<br />
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The charity I created it for, Nerve Tumours UK, was supportive and positive all the way through. They help to improve the lives of those affected by Neurofibromatosis and helped me understand the condition by introducing me to a specialist and to children with Neurofibromatosis. The children and their families spoke to me about their lives and experiences, I am grateful to them for their time and honesty - they were inspirational. </div>
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I was commissioned to write and illustrate three life affirming stories that featured main characters with Neurofibromatosis. The Neuro Foundation wanted the stories to be fun, fully illustrated and easily accessible.<br />
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In the first story, <i>The Windiest Playground in the World,</i> Isaac wonders if he'll be able to make friends after moving to a new area.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of an illustration for <i>The Windiest Playground in the World</i> by Amanda Lillywhite.</td></tr>
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The second story is <i>Rovertown Dynamos vs. Mogford Juniors. </i>Goalkeeper Bernie needs help from her team when an opponent says something mean about her.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of an illustration for <i>Rovertown Dynamos vs. Mogford Juniors</i> by Amanda Lillywhite.</td></tr>
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The final story is <i>The Missing Fish</i><i style="font-style: normal;">. </i>Chandra is worried about a fish that seems to be missing from the waiting room tank when she goes for her regular check up at a clinic.</div>
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<i>Friends</i> is available on <a href="https://shop.nervetumours.org.uk/products/friends-book-amanda-lillywhite-and-nerve-tumours-uk" target="_blank">The Neuro Foundation website</a>, along with information about Neurofibromatosis and support for those with the condition.</div>
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Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-15174295464396895672017-02-09T09:39:00.001+00:002017-02-10T10:57:36.293+00:00One Hundred Thousand Jumpers - illustrations for a children's book about adoption<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One Hundred Thousand Jumpers: written by Rachel Braverman and designed by Erik Christopher. Front cover typography, and all illustrations by Amanda Lillywhite. A book for children about an adopted girl.</td></tr>
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When Rachel Braverman told me that she was looking for an illustrator for her story about an adopted girl I was immediately interested, especially when she said it was based on the real experience of adoption. I have an adopted daughter who came to live with us at 27 months old (she is now 14) so I am aware of the unique challenges that many adopted children face and I know that it is hard to find books that show the difficulties and joys of their experiences in an easy to read format*.<br />
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When I read the story I was impressed, Rachel has explored the fears of a newly adopted child but it is an uplifting read. Becca (that's her on the cover) has just arrived at her adoptive home. She immediately builds a rapport with her ready-made older sister, Fallon, and the family cat, Oscar. However her relationship with her new mother, Mummy Mo, is more difficult. The story is about how Becca learns to trust that this will be her forever family. It's also about knitted jumpers, Mummy Mo is a keen knitter, hence the title.<br />
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One Hundred Thousand Jumpers was designed by Erik Christopher. It is available in Kindle and print versions on <a href="http://amzn.eu/4j6yxU5" target="_blank">Amazon</a>.<br />
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If you have any comments or questions about the book please feel free to contact me via this blog, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/amanda.lillywhite1" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/AJLillywhite" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.<br />
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*I am aware of the Tracey Beaker stories of course and I think they are brilliant but they are a bit too long and complex for some readers. This book has twenty four story pages split into five chapters and each chapter has an illustration.</div>
Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-73153419315580197552016-10-13T11:22:00.004+01:002020-09-13T15:44:08.110+01:00Halloween craft session - a step by step guide to making and decorating a witch's hat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My daughter's hairstyling doll wearing a finished witch's hat. The doll's head is probably similar in size to that of an 8-9 year old child but, because it ties on, the hat can be worn by older ages including adults.</td></tr>
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A few days before Halloween I will be leading a craft session for a group of children and teenagers and have made witches hats for them to decorate. I'm writing this blog post because, though I found a lot of information about making a witch's hat online, I couldn't find a quick and cheap way of producing them - important when you need to make twelve and are on a budget. Also, because I made the hats in advance I needed a design that would fit everyone up to and including those with adult sized heads. So I came up with my own version of a witch's hat based on what I saw in various blogs.</div>
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Materials used to make each witch's hat:<br /> 2 sheets of A3 (297mm x 420mm) 220gsm (reasonably sturdy) matte black card<br />Double sided tape<br />PVA glue<br />Two lengths of 500mm ribbon (for ties)<br />Plus an HB pencil, a craft knife, a stapler, scissors, a compass and a ruler</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The template for the cone of the witch's hat sitting on a sheet of A3 card waiting to be traced. It would be possible to make a taller hat but bear in mind this would have an impact on the circumference of the base if you are trying to fit within an A3 sheet.</td></tr>
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The radius of my cone template is 215mm. To create a similar cone place the point of your compass on the bottom edge of the sheet 215mm in from the left edge, start your line on the lower left corner and keep going until you hit the right side of the sheet, then draw a straight line between that point and where the compass point had been.</div>
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Cut out your cone using a craft knife or scissors.</div>
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To make a brim for the hat use a radius of 88mm for the inner circle, the radius of the outer circle is around 148mm to fit within the width of an A3 sheet (297mm). To find the centre of your sheet of card draw diagonals from the corners that cross in the middle.<br />
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Once you've cut out your brim(s) bend your cone(s) into shape.<br />
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Overlap the two straight edges of your cone by about 10mm at the base (because of the shape it won't overlap at the point but the overlap will gradually widen to the base). Secure the cones with double sided tape and a line of tape on the inside. If you are using thick card I recommend bending it into a tight cone a few times before taping it together so that it holds the shape well.</div>
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Next use a stapler to add ribbon ties either side of the hat to secure it to the wearers head.</div>
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I used pink ribbon because I happened to have a roll of it but you can use any colour you like. Attach a 500mm length on either side of the inside of each hat, with the smooth side of the staples facing inwards (to avoid catching on the wearer's hair) and at least 15mm up from the bottom edge.</div>
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After cutting the tabs on the bottom edge of the brim fold them outwards. Test that the brim fits the cone. Some of my hats were a tight fit but once the edge of the brim was softened with glue I was able to squidge them together. However you can enlarge the inner circle if necessary. Don't worry if there is a gap because the inner circle of the brim is a bit too big, it will be covered by a hat band later. The most important thing is that there is enough of an overlap between the tabs and the brim to be able to glue them together.<br />
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Next tuck the ribbon ties inside the hat and secure them out of the way with tape so they don't get covered in glue.<br />
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Run a line of glue along the top side of the tabs at the base of the cone.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A witch's hat on a drying rack made out of a storage box and two rulers. I found that I needed to keep pressing the tabs down as the hat dried, you can see here that they had a tendency to pop up.</td></tr>
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When the hat is dry unstick the ribbons so they hang down and you are ready to decorate.<br />
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Halloween workshop - decorating a witch's hat</h3>
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Materials used:<br />White pencil or crayon<br />Black card left over from the construction of the witch's hat<br />Wool<br />Crepe paper<br />Scrap fabric<br />Halloween stickers<br />Also scissors or a craft knife, a hole punch, glue and double sided tape</h2>
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I used an ordinary white pencil to draw on the brim of the hat, I doodled little Halloween themed drawings such as spider webs and skulls but creating textures or writing would also look good. It is possible to draw on the cone as long as you support it from the inside with your hand as you draw.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The card I used for the witches hats had a matte surface that took white pencil very well.</td></tr>
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Using scrap left over from the construction of the hat I cut out a little bat to dangle from the brim.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is a bat but spiders and skulls would also look good.</td></tr>
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I made a hole in the brim and the bat using a hole punch and hung the the bat from the hat on a length of wool.<br />
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Then I made some hair.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought a packet of crepe paper that had nine different colours.</td></tr>
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The easiest way I found to make the crepe paper hair was to use fairly small segments (120mm - 150mm wide) and to build up the hair bit by bit starting from one of the ribbon ties and ending at the other. Each crepe paper segment was cut into strips that ended around 30mm from the top edge and a strip of double sided tape to attach it to the hat.</div>
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Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-5775334700138817572016-10-12T13:05:00.000+01:002016-10-12T18:54:37.583+01:00Illustrated poster / cartoon abstract for a PhD thesis about stakeholder influence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For a summary of Mark Panton's research go to<br />
<a href="http://www.sportbusinesscentre.com/news/birkbeck-sport-business-centres-mark-panton-on-stadium-led-regeneration">www.sportbusinesscentre.com/news/birkbeck-sport-business-centres-mark-panton-on-stadium-led-regeneration</a></td></tr>
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Mark Panton asked me to create a cartoon abstract for his PhD thesis "How do stakeholders influence stadium-led regeneration?" for use online and as printed hand-outs. Comics and cartoons are increasingly being used in academia to support and/or impart information. In this case the cartoon is a small taste of the research, a lead in to the thesis.<br />
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The cartoon format allowed me to pack in a lot of information via the conversations between the characters. Using two different colour ways was a means of giving a flavour of the differences between the case studies relating to football stadiums in East Manchester (Manchester City Football Club) and Tottenham (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club) that Mark used in his research.<br />
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For a summary of the research go to the Birkbeck College, University of London, Sports Business Centre website <a href="http://www.sportbusinesscentre.com/news/birkbeck-sport-business-centres-mark-panton-on-stadium-led-regeneration">www.sportbusinesscentre.com/news/birkbeck-sport-business-centres-mark-panton-on-stadium-led-regeneration</a>. Mark can be found on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkLPanton" target="_blank">@MarkLPanton</a>.</div>
Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-49933722671640990162016-09-23T07:38:00.001+01:002016-09-23T07:38:16.221+01:00One Hundred Thousand Jumpers - illustrations for a story about adoption<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front cover for One Hundred Thousand Jumpers by Rachel Braverman</td></tr>
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It was a great pleasure to work on illustrations for Rachel Braverman's story about an adopted girl struggling to fit into her new family. The title comes from the theme of the book: Becca's adoptive mum is a keen knitter. The front cover is above and the first of the five black and white illustrations that appear on the story pages is below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Becca is feeling unsettled in her new home and can't sleep.</td></tr>
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The book is not yet in print, I'll update this post when it is. If you'd like further information about it you could contact me via this <a href="https://amandalillywhite.blogspot.co.uk/p/contact-form_7.html" target="_blank">blog</a>.</div>
Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-17109883762988802752016-09-20T11:50:00.002+01:002016-10-31T13:39:42.865+00:00Comic making workshops for teenagers and adults at Barking Learning Centre, London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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From October 22 to November 26, on Saturdays from 11.30am to 1pm, I'll be leading a series of six workshops for teenagers and adults on the process of making comics.<br />
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Participants will be creating characters, storylines, worlds and scripts then they will make their own story in comic form. Beginners are welcome and you don't need to be good at drawing, I'll give you some tips to make the most of your skills. You might decide to make a comic strip, a zine or to start a graphic novel - the skills we'll be exploring apply to all formats of telling stories. If you need it you can have help coming up with a story idea. If you have created a comic before please feel free to bring it along.<br />
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We'll also be looking at the wide range of comics, zines and graphic novels already published. I'll bring along some from my own collection and will show the group books from the library.<br />
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The workshops are suitable for people who've never attempted to make a comic and/or with little experience of reading them. They are also suitable for those who've tried to make a comic and would like to develop their skills. This will also be an opportunity to meet people that share an interest in comics.<br />
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I'm an enthusiastic reader of comics, zines and graphic novels and occasionally write about some of my favourites on my <a href="http://sequentialarttalk.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sequential Art</a> blog. I started my creative career as a graphic designer then became a freelance illustrator and writer. I make comics such as <a href="http://authorvillecomic.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Duck and Bear</a> (a story about an illustrator and a writer). I am currently working on a graphic novel for adults based around the murder of my great grandmother and a commission for three illustrated stories which will be published in a book for children.<br />
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The workshops are free and materials will be supplied, if you'd like to come along please make sure to register at <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pen-to-print-comic-making-workshop-with-amanda-lillywhite-tickets-27828060478" target="_blank">Eventbrite</a>. The workshops are part of the LBBD Pen to Print festival. As mentioned before there are six workshops but you don't have to come to all of them or could try one and see how it goes.<br />
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If you have any questions you can contact the library by <a href="mailto:libraries@lbbd.gov.uk" target="_blank">email </a>or phone 020 8724 8722. You could also send a message to me via this <a href="http://amandalillywhite.blogspot.co.uk/p/contact-form_7.html" target="_blank">blog</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/AJLillywhite" target="_blank">Twitter </a>or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/amanda.lillywhite1" target="_blank">Facebook </a>(though do friend me first to make sure I receive it).<br />
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If you've missed the first couple of workshops but are interested in coming along to any of the others contact me one the links above. </div>
Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-16966805122159358592015-11-25T08:53:00.000+00:002015-11-25T08:53:07.435+00:00CWISL ShoutWest! storymaking festival for school children 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ShoutWest! was my second storymaking festival since joining <a href="http://www.cwisl.org.uk/" target="_blank">CWISL</a> earlier this year (the first was <a href="http://amandalillywhite.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/shoutsouth-2015-story-making-festival.html" target="_blank">ShoutSouth!</a>) held at Brunel University in West London with local schools taking part.<br />
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The children, illustrators and writers were divided up into three groups: Leopard, Tiger and Panther. I was with the Leopards along with writers Sara Grant, Cate Sampson and Jamie Buxton plus around 30 school children and their teachers.<br />
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For Margaret Bateson-Hill's storytelling, Mo O'Hara's drama and Bridget Marzo's illustration workshops the Panthers, Tigers and Leopards all got together.<br />
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Other workshops were done within individual groups: The Spark (getting story ideas), Character Passport, Spot the Plot and Mad, Murky & Moody.<br />
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The Character Passport session was my first chance to lead a CWISL workshop. I love talking about creating and developing characters so this was ideal for me. I spoke about the importance of characters, how the look of a character can tell us a lot about them including their backstory, how the choice of character can affect the story and drive it along. Then we worked on a character profile as a group and after that the children worked on profiles for characters in their stories. Some wonderful, and highly imaginative, work was done by the children - some of it will be available to view on CWISL's website for under 16s <a href="http://www.shoutaboutmagazine.com/">www.shoutaboutmagazine.com</a>.<br />
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CWISL are already talking about the next ShoutWest! Festival to be held again at Brunel University in November 2016. I'm looking forward to it.</div>
Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-77678018881624013882015-11-20T10:59:00.001+00:002015-11-20T11:01:41.271+00:00Illustration talk/workshop for Level 2 students at Lesoco College<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Earlier this week I went to <a href="http://www.lesoco.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Lewisham and Southwark College (Lesoco)</a> in south London to talk to Level 2 students about my experiences as an illustrator and I also set them a creative brief task to create a character.<br />
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As arranged with their lecturer, Mary Campbell, I had two hours to talk. I decided to give an overview of:<br />
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<li>My background in graphic design and animation.</li>
<li>The many and varied clients and projects I have been involved with. (I had quite a large portfolio with me!)</li>
<li>How I work with clients.</li>
<li>Sources of illustration work.</li>
<li>How to look for work.</li>
<li>Publicizing your work.</li>
<li>Useful education and training for self employed illustrators.</li>
<li>Support groups and networks for illustrators.</li>
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That was a lot of talking and unfortunately I didn't realise I was starting to run over time until shortly before I had to finish. The students only had 20 minuttes or so to draw their responses to the character based creative brief I had given them. They were amazing, they all produced something and many of them managed to create interesting characters that would be viable.<br />
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The students are looking for work experience placements in illustration, design or related businesses, studios or agencies in London. If you can help please contact art and design lecturer Mary Campbell at the <a href="http://www.lesoco.ac.uk/" target="_blank">college</a> or send a message to me and I'll pass it on.<br />
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Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-60854440905896175252015-10-17T17:30:00.000+01:002015-10-17T17:30:32.219+01:00Character sketches for a story by Rachel Braverman - 100,000 Jumpers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Rachel has asked me to create chapter header illustrations for her story for 8-11 year olds. It's about a 10 year old girl called Becca who has just been placed for adoption and is finding it difficult to settle in and trust her new family. Mummy Mo is Becca's adoptive mother, Fallon is her new big sister and Oscar the cat is her new best friend.<br />
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At the moment I'm just getting to know the characters by sketching them, my next step will be to start working on ideas for the book illustrations.<br />
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Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-2106451738888995412015-10-16T09:19:00.001+01:002015-10-16T09:19:46.535+01:00BIG CATS! Comic making workshop at TOMS community outpost in London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As part of TOMS community outpost's <a href="http://www.toms.co.uk/the-toms-animal-initiative" target="_blank">big cat initiative</a> I will be running a big cat comic making workshop for children of all ages 3-5pm on October 25 at 5-7 Foubert's Place, London W1F 7PY. All materials are supplied and no booking is required – just turn up and make comics!<br />
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Find out about the partnership between TOMS and National Geographic to raise awareness of the decline of big cats in the wild at <a href="http://www.toms.co.uk/the-toms-animal-initiative" target="_blank">www.toms.co.uk</a> or on the <a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/big-cats-initiative/toms/" target="_blank">National Geographic website</a>.</div>
Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-62382506349440002822015-10-07T13:43:00.001+01:002015-10-23T16:16:27.527+01:00Half term workshop at CYW for 9-13 year olds: Make your own comic!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On October 27 I'll be leading 3 hour workshop for 9-13 year olds that goes through the basics of the comic making process: how to develop a character, a synopsis, a script and then make a comic. I'll be taking along some character examples and story starters to help get the participants going and I'll give them some illustrator tips to help with their drawings. I'm looking forward to seeing what they come up with!<br />
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"Make your own comic" is part of a series of half term workshops organized by <a href="http://www.chelseayoungwriters.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chelsea Young Writers</a>, book a place for your child <a href="http://www.chelseayoungwriters.co.uk/event/27-october-make-your-own-comic-9-13-yrs-st-johns/?instance_id=1467" target="_blank">here</a>. The venue for my workshop is St John's Church in Notting Hill W11 it starts at 1.30pm and finishes at 4.30pm. All materials will be provided. It'll be great fun!<br />
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Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-53238819650234170662015-10-06T14:40:00.002+01:002015-10-06T17:42:36.766+01:00Duck and Bear: a webcomic about an illustrator and a writer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Duck and Bear originally appeared in SCBWI's online newsletter Words and Pictures. I'm grateful for the support and input I received from the editors at the time - <a href="https://twitter.com/Godfox" target="_blank">John Shelley</a> and Jan Carr.<br />
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The webcomic had been hosted on a website I was running that has now been shut down. I've found a new home for it and put it back online at <a href="http://authorvillecomic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Authorville</a>.<br />
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Bear is a picture book illustrator and Duck is a middle grade fiction writer. This is the story of their creative process and journey to publication.<br />
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Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-60244464677460749132015-10-04T14:01:00.001+01:002019-12-20T11:53:37.965+00:0010m long collaborative comic at Carnegie Library for Fun Palaces (in pictures)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Things started to get very busy in the library, but some took time out to contemplate the comic.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/marklpanton" target="_blank">Mark Panton</a> added the views of our dog.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were lots of activities elsewhere in the library. Co-creator of Fun Palaces and writer, <a href="https://twitter.com/stellduffy" target="_blank">Stella Duffy</a>, kicked off the kickboxing.</td></tr>
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You can find out more about Fun Palaces at <a href="http://funpalaces.co.uk/">funpalaces.co.uk</a> <a href="http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/places/carnegie-library" target="_blank">Carnegie Library is in London SE24</a>.</div>
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Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-1456148982998580062015-09-16T10:47:00.002+01:002015-09-25T20:06:14.397+01:00Collaborative Comic "Our Environment" at Carnegie Library<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On October 3, 2015 I'll be rolling out 10 metres of paper at <a href="http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/places/carnegie-library" target="_blank">Carnegie Library</a> in London SE24 and anyone of any age can come along between 10am to 4pm to draw or write on it to make a comic on the subject of "our environment". The comic will be photographed as it progresses and put online so if you can't be there you'll be able to see what's happening on <a href="https://twitter.com/AJLillywhite" target="_blank">@AJLillywhite</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CarnegieLib" target="_blank">@CarnegieLib</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/LamLibsFP" target="_blank">@LamLibsFP</a><br />
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The comic is part of a <a href="http://funpalaces.co.uk/" target="_blank">Fun Palace</a> event and there will be other activities at Carnegie Library on the same day including:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lambeth Fire Brigade with Fire engine – 2pm</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Home Cooking SE24 @homecookingse24 – doing pasta making demos – Time tbc</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Bloom Yoga – Hourly sun salutes – 12-4</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">BlueSkyCreate @BlueSkyCreates – Craft workshops – details tbc</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Amanda Duncan @Scribeasy sessions – www.artsmiths.org</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Kickboxing instructor – Yvette Bee – Demos – Time tbc</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Comedian Chris – Details tbc</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A Lambeth memories washing line</span></div>
More activities are being added all the time for an up to date list go to this <a href="http://funpalaces.co.uk/discover/carnegie-librarys-fun-palace/" target="_blank">website</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://funpalaces.co.uk/" target="_blank">Fun Palaces</a> are a means to get communities making art and exploring science together in an open space, co-director Stella Duffy explains the idea behind the campaign in her <a href="http://funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palaces-begin/" target="_blank">blog</a>.<br />
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Amanda Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024122783094176731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607230295441871383.post-56151933637653771942015-09-04T09:09:00.002+01:002015-09-06T14:38:14.541+01:00Comics Club for 9-12 year olds at Carnegie Library, South London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On Saturdays between 10am-11am, from October 10 to 21 November 2015 (excluding 7 November), I'll be running a series of six free Comics Club workshops in <a href="http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/places/carnegie-library" target="_blank">Carnegie Library</a> for 9-12 year olds.<br />
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I call the workshops a "club" because the participants will have the opportunity to read and talk about comics as well as make them. Each week I'll bring in a variety of graphic novels, zines and comics from my own collection suitable for their age group and they'll have access to the library's collection as well.<br />
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I'll also show them comics I've created and a graphic novel for kids that I'm working on. I'll take them through the process of making comics: how to create characters and stories, script, edit and make artwork. We'll also do some guided drawing and I'll give them some tips I've learnt during my years as an illustrator.<br />
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At each workshop they'll develop their own ideas for characters and storylines that will be brought together in a comic strip or a zine.<br />
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Wondering what to do while your child is in the workshops? <a href="http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/places/carnegie-library" target="_blank">Carnegie Library</a> is a beautiful building with a great collection of books, free wifi, study space and a wildlife garden. <a href="https://twitter.com/bloom_carnegie" target="_blank">Bloom Yoga</a> is running drop in yoga sessions in the other meeting room in the library at the same time as Comics Club, they cost £10, mats are available and there is no need to book.<br />
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Comics Club is free but there is a limit of 10 participants. Please get in touch if you have a 9-12 year old interested in taking part in the workshops and I'll reserve a place for them. My contact details are on the poster above, you can also use my <a href="http://amandalillywhite.blogspot.co.uk/p/contact-form_7.html" target="_blank">contact form</a> or <a href="http://amandalillywhite.blogspot.co.uk/p/contact-me-and-other-links.html" target="_blank">social media links</a>. If the dates or age group don't suit get in touch with me anyway if you'd like to be put on a mailing list to be kept updated about future workshops.</div>
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