Karen Erasmus, Melbourne
2. Describe your family
I live with my husband, three fabulous,
lively, hilarious daughters, and two yappy dogs.
3. Describe your work
I am a freelance children’s book
illustrator. I work from home and try to avoid distractions.
4. What is your career goal?
My work seems to improve each year. I
would love to carry on producing illustrations for more books. I want to work
for more major publishers in partnership with established and reknowned
authors.
5. Describe your art background
I completed an art and teaching degree
in UK. When my children were babies I decided to do a four-year, part-time
course in Illustration at Chisholm in Frankston. That got me into exhibiting
and I got my first book contract with Hachette Lothian Children’s Books a year
after I finished the course.
6. What do you love about the Challenge? What have you learned?
The Challenge has given me a goal and
also allowed me to explore ways of working that I wouldn’t usually use in my
commissioned work. I’ve been able to break away from the ‘style’ I was
previously attached to. I’ve learnt to admire the craftsmanship in pop-up and
paper-cut art.
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7.What is your favourite illustration you have done for the challenge so far?
I decided to do each of the words as a
pop-up illustration. It’s something I really love doing and it makes me look at
how I’m working differently. I really
enjoyed doing Shakespeare because it came together really well.
8. Tell us something that we don’t know about you
Something you didn’t know about me? This
is where I should come up with something really interesting, but I’m stuck so
you get this. I have a hearing impairment and love cycling. That’s two boring
things, sorry.
Follow Karen online:
Website; www.karenerasmus.com
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/karenerasmus/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/karenerasmusillustration/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/karenerasmus
Red Bubble: http://www.redbubble.com/shop/karen+erasmus
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