EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 13 © 2015 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

81 ABOVE: Brooke invests a lot of thought into her character designs as these sketches for a cowgirl reveal. and played the guitar, and my brother was always tinkering with things and making movies with his 8mm camera. Growing up in a creative family was definitely influential. My family went to the library regularly where I would sit on the floor and pour over the picture books. Some of my favourites were The Little Moon Theatre by Irene Haas, Come Follow Me by Gyo Fujikawa, Where’s Wallace by Hilary Knight, The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang, and The Clown of God by Tomie DePaola. I also loved the Muppets and anything by Jim Henson, especially the movies Labyrinth and Dark Crystal . Richard Scarry’s books were very influential as well. PR: Did drawing come easily to you? BBH: I don’t know if I can say that it came easily to me exactly. It was just something that I always loved to do. I loved escaping into imagined worlds and drawing was the way I chose to do that, so I drew a lot, which meant I got a lot of practice.