On a recent trip to a local kiddies library, beside looking like a bit of an odd ball, I discovered a wonderful little book by an author and illustrator by the name of Oliver Jeffers. After a little research I found out he is a fellow Visual Communicator, graduating with a degree in Vis Com from Northern Ireland. His work includes children's books such as 'How to catch a star' and 'Lost and Found'.
I especially liked his new b ook, 'The incredible book eating boy', impressed with his method of layering his images up, using lined paper, checkered paper and even pages from old books to form the background of each page.
His work relates well to the text and image brief because of his unconventional use of typography, the combination of handwriting and a typewriter font makes the book childish and nonthreatening, but with a charming quirky character about it.
In this image, Jeffers has incorporated the narrative into the architecture of the the image, making it a part of the illustration, opposed to an addition to it.
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