tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post6900536150062043959..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Is a picture worth a thousand words? by Julia JonesKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-76297655640244049122014-07-09T18:05:56.359+01:002014-07-09T18:05:56.359+01:00My powerpoint presentations are simply a selection...My powerpoint presentations are simply a selection of pictures usually 2 - 3 to a slide + a title. There's a structure to the selection but otherwise it leaves me completely free to talk off the cuff as I'm gauging audience interest or the passing of time. Definitely never the same talk twice. julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-64242386581396761992014-07-09T18:02:48.032+01:002014-07-09T18:02:48.032+01:00I think the Rushton pictures are so adult (as well...I think the Rushton pictures are so adult (as well as perfectly okay for kids of course) - what I really liked about the Bookbag review was seeing it categorized as "literary fiction" and then being praised for the illustrations (as well as many other fine qualities of course) julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-7320233944155408692014-07-09T17:51:25.646+01:002014-07-09T17:51:25.646+01:00I think it did become expensive to use illustratio...I think it did become expensive to use illustrations, I know that poets who worked with artists on projects ended up with prohibitively expensive books to sell, back in the day - another advantage of ebooks! Twitter told me in a vid the other day that tweets with pix get far more clicks and RTs - even though you can't see the pic without clicking the link. I've used powerpoint for my performances when I'm showing my sci-art installations, and pictures can enliven a presentation, but power point in general causes groans of anguish. I've sat in meetings eg arts orgs, while someone shows slide after slide of lists or notes and just reads them out - they could have just emailed us all the PP file! Interestingly I very recently read about the pre-Raphs and William Morris, in the autobiography of Angela Thirkell, granddaughter of Burne Jones - virtually all the furniture they'd designed for their homes was horrifically uncomfortable!Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-26355226039529144692014-07-09T17:42:57.333+01:002014-07-09T17:42:57.333+01:00showed them to me, that should've been, of cou...showed them to me, that should've been, of course. i was overcome with emotion!Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-25569488327043983462014-07-09T17:41:14.471+01:002014-07-09T17:41:14.471+01:00william, arthur ransome, aubrey de selincourt, doz...william, arthur ransome, aubrey de selincourt, dozens of books about pirates - what would they have been without the pix? i figure i might even believe in god if the bibles i was presented with had had a picture or two of the great mon. and as for wild wood (thanks julia) i couldn't BELIEVE how wonderful the pictures were when willie first showed them to. Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-39893162791863380872014-07-09T15:08:53.093+01:002014-07-09T15:08:53.093+01:00Mmm, I like the idea of illustrations being a &quo...Mmm, I like the idea of illustrations being a "visual anchor" for words. Thanks Claudiajulia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-75520570795128750862014-07-09T12:51:50.830+01:002014-07-09T12:51:50.830+01:00Nice one, Julia - and thanks for the mention. I fi...Nice one, Julia - and thanks for the mention. I find that illustrations are a potent visual anchor for words and it's a shame they are now only allowed in children's books (with a few exceptions, like Alexander McCall Smith). My memories of favourite books like the Narnia series are forever linked to the line drawings in the books. When I finally, as an adult, saw a film version of Lion Witch and Wardrobe my first thought was - 'that's not what the white witch looks like!'claudia myatthttp://www.claudiamyatt.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-5495262356243264692014-07-09T12:51:24.154+01:002014-07-09T12:51:24.154+01:00I love that comment Sue - that putting illustratio...I love that comment Sue - that putting illustrations and words together it like music and words. I'll remember that one. Thank you<br />julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-85591566514423392802014-07-09T11:57:50.323+01:002014-07-09T11:57:50.323+01:00To those mentioned I'd add Berwick, Bilibin, B...To those mentioned I'd add Berwick, Bilibin, Beardsley, Sendak...<br /><br />Putting illustrations and words together is like putting music and words together - get it right, and you reach a whole other level.<br /><br />I don't know why illustrations came to be thought of as 'only for children.' Was it simply the expense of printing?Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-77291862130338740062014-07-09T11:53:40.899+01:002014-07-09T11:53:40.899+01:00I love illustrations too. They add so much. Than...I love illustrations too. They add so much. Thanks for Katherine Mansfield mention Julia - I'm glad you like the way Neil designed it. What puts people off using images is the high cost of permissions. We got round it by using a lot of our own photographs of locations etc. There are also lots of 'free' sites for images out there now and they are a real boon for 'indie' authors (and power point presenters!). Having had a similar experience at a litfest, I now take my PP in 5 different formats on 2 different sticks with my own lap top as back up! Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-18638686482356149312014-07-09T10:22:21.453+01:002014-07-09T10:22:21.453+01:00Yes, William Morris for sainthood! I'm still u...Yes, William Morris for sainthood! I'm still unapologetically a book and talk man: I dipped out on visual presentation when I realised the overhead projector was a machine of the devil and since then I've seen too many powerpoint presentations turn into embarrassing farce. But I couldn't agree more about the glory of good illustrations. The originals of the wonderful Meg Rutherford's stunningly beautiful illustrations for the four books we did together hang from our walls so I can see them every day. A reviewer once said they 'lifted the book to a higher artistic plane' and he was dead right. But Ransome was right too. Steven Spurrier's ersatz Victorian whimsy endpapers for Swallows and Amazon's are entirely wrong. Ransome's own rather amateur efforts match perfectly the spirit of the stories.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-156045286994723172014-07-09T07:50:06.828+01:002014-07-09T07:50:06.828+01:00Love illustrations accompanying the words! And loo...Love illustrations accompanying the words! And look what a great tradition we have of them too - from the earliest illustrated manuscripts and books of hours to Tenniel, Boz, Phiz, to Rackham, Ardizzone, Heath Robinson, Ambrus, Blake - well the list is endless, it really is. It's nice to see that finally people are getting the hang of putting them on digital books!madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.com