[Franzilla Posts: 1,146 Status: Offline Gah! WWW]

I mean loose in terms of style, obviously! Someone was asking whether loose was suitable for a picture book and so I was trying to remember great loose-style illustrators. Catherine Rayner, Sandra Boynton, Quentin Blake, Peter H Reynolds, Oliver Jeffers... Any others?

[LeslieG Posts: 220 Status: Offline WWW]

Ooh, my favorite kinds of illustrations! Quentin Blake was the first to come to my mind, as well, but I also love Wallace Tripp, Lynn Munsinger, and then there's Chris Raschka, who to my mind is about as loose as you can get without crossing into totally abstract.

[Franzilla Posts: 1,146 Status: Offline Gah! WWW]

Ooh I don't know those. Will check them out. I just thought of another - Jill Barton. Although not all her stuff is loose. PIG IN THE POND, one of my favourite books, is, but others of hers aren't, although still lovely. And Anita Jeram, who illustrated GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU?


More, more, more!

[Stephanie Ruble Posts: 1,996 Status: Offline author/illustrator WWW]

Betsy Lewin (Click, Clack, Moo) has a loose style. Once heard her speak and she said that book was where her style got really loose.

[Ruth Donnelly Posts: 699 Status: Offline WWW]

Sue Truesdell and Jose Aruego!

[Franzilla Posts: 1,146 Status: Offline Gah! WWW]

Brilliant. These are great! Can't believe I forgot about Betsy Lewin. Interesting that that book was when she got loose.


Totally buying HOW TO TALK TO YOUR DOG, illustrated by Sue Truesdale... I get to look at some lovely loose illustrations while teaching myself and my kids about the dog we'll be getting in September. Yay!

[kersey-barrett-tormey Posts: 2 Status: Offline I am a Cartoon]

I'm a huge fan of William Steig.  He's super loose, wrote and illustrated the book Shrek! which the movie is based from.

[aidan-cassie Posts: 2 Status: Offline Author-Illustrator WWW]

Oh, I agree with all those names, love the growing list. And I would add these illustrators:

Emily Gravett (Wolves)
Janet Stevens (Epossumondas)
Timothy Basil Ering (The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone)
Pierre Pratt (Skunkdog) - a painterly loose style.

[dan-filler Posts: 4 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

Siski, 

The dog on his back is just so perfect. You capture the spirit of every happy dog in that illustration. Lovely.

dan