It's nice to get letters from kids in sixth grade or eight grade, at a point where they feel they've evolved from a picture book. OMC: Have you found that your books are accessible to people of all ages and not just children?ĭW: It certainly isn't anything I planned, but there seems to be a wide age range that responds to the books I do. OMC: So you start with the pictures and develop the text later?ĭW: Yes, and there have been times when the initial thing that inspired me to start working on the story no longer fit in the story that developed from it. I always have a lot more images than stories. The trick is to figure out what the story is behind those images. There are visual ideas that I play around with. The creative process happens while I'm drawing. OMC: Where do you look for inspiration for your stories?ĭW: I keep a sketchbook and I'm always drawing in it. I felt freer to push the boundaries with my own stories. I found it easier to let go of my imagination with my own writing as opposed to trying to interpret someone else's stories. The work that I did for stories that I came up with on my own was a lot more personal and a lot more original. But for me there's a big difference between illustrating a story I've written and illustrating a story someone else has written.
When I began I was working as an illustrator and doing pretty much anything.
OMC: What are the advantages of illustrating your own books as opposed to letting someone else do it?ĭW: I'm not a writer and I didn't come about this from the writing end of things. By the end of those four years I realized that it was the right mode of expression for me. It was in art school that I really became exposed to picture books as a form.
That evolved into telling stories with pictures. I did multiple pictures and created sequences. If there was a place or character that I liked I wanted to spend more time there. After high school I went to art school and I began to realize what I liked to do. : When did you first know that you wanted to be a children's author?ĭavid Wiesner: It was a gradual process. Wiesner, who won the Caldecott Medal for his nearly wordless picture book "Tuesday," talked with us about his creative process, the advantages of working as an illustrator and author, updating a classic tale and more. The book is already being heaped with praise. David Wiesner, award-winning author, illustrator and Milwaukee resident, is currently making public appearances to promote his new book, "The Three Pigs," a playful take on a classic tale.
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