People have asked me a lot, 'What comes first? The pictures or the story? The story or the picture?' It's hard to describe because often they seem to come at the same time. I'm seeing images while I'm thinking of the story.
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At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration.
Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.
Of course, you decide which story you want to tell. For me, it's been very authentic, so sometimes I'm super happy, and I post four pictures one after the other; sometimes I'm busy, and I don't. Sometimes I'm sad, and I post a sad picture.
If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds.
There has to be the right pacing of images to tell the story. I'm always stunned at how little you can put in.
A tale is born from an image, and the image extends and creates a network of meanings that are always equivocal.
I try to tell my story as simply as possible, with the camera at eye level.
If you ask me, the place that a story happens is as equal character. It's almost like an ecological viewpoint: These people are living in this piece of land, and in this piece of land in this time this is possible. For me, I almost think location first. It's time first - what year is it - then where are we, and then who is in it.
Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.
Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last.