Illustrated Notes from the SCBWI Summer Conference

Thanks to all the creators who shared their Illustrated Notes on Bluesky via the hashtag #scbwiNotes! Here's just a small selection...

From Amme Yabiku:

From Babi Wrobel:

From Stan Yan:

From Julia Karlinsky:

From Jessica Cooper:

From Joshua Chennault:

From Nicole Walker:

From Stan Yan:

From Cait Bonnar:

From Stan Yan:

From Nicole Walker:

Illustrated Notes (Part 2): Steve Asbell and Yuko Torii

 Those of you who attended Jolie Stekly's Orientation session will have seen the invitation to tweet illustration conference notes. Thanks to those who have been posting and tagging me!

If you missed it, do check out Illustrated Notes (Part 1), which features the illustrated notes of graphic novel creator, Stan Yan.

Here are a few illustrated notes from Steve Asbell (@steve_asbell on Twitter, SteveAsbell.com) whose debut solo picture book FLAP YOUR HANDS: A Celebration Of Stimming! launches in 2024 from Lee & Low. Steve's book is a celebration of autistic children and will be out for Autism Acceptance month (April). You can find more info about the book over on Goodreads. 😉

From Steve: "The SCBWI Florida conferences and workshops are responsible for nurturing and launching my career in kidlit. I love my writing/illustrating community!"

Also be sure to check out Yuko Torii (@AtelierMidnight on Twitter) for fun sketches of some of the speakers. Here are Yuko's sketches from the SCBWI Illustrator's Advisory Committee Q&A:

Here areYuko's sketches from the Debut Authors' panel:

You can find out more about Yuko and Yuko's work at midnightatelier.com. Yuko is repped by Rachel Prospect of Prospect Agency.

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Register for the SCBWI Summer Conference at https://www.scbwi.org/events/summer-conference-2023. Replays of the conferences will be available until September 10th, 2023.

Also be sure to check out the Faculty Conference Bookshop and the Portfolio Showcase!

Illustrated Notes: An Interview with Graphic Novel Creator Stan Yan

 

Those of you who attended Jolie Stekly's Orientation session will have seen the invitation to tweet illustration conference notes. Thanks to those who have been posting and tagging me; I'll be posting a selection later today. 

From the Art Directors' Panel.

I did want to highlight Stan Yan in particular, because of all the amazing illustrated notes he's been posting on his Twitter feed! Here are just a few:

From the Editors & Agents Panel.

From Frank Morrison's keynote.

Stan Yan is an author/illustrator/graphic novelist based in Denver, co-ra for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the SCBWI, and professor of kidlit art at the Cuddlefish Academy (http://cuddlefishacademy.com) and sequential art at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Stan has also been posting such fun illustrated notes during the conference! You can find out more about Stan and his work at StanYan.me.

Q. What are some highlights from the conference for you so far?

Lisa Yee’s opening keynote was fantastic for me, but I’m biased, since she named the antagonist (well in the first book) of Millicent Min after me (read it and you’ll know my real full first name).

Q. What are you working on now?

I’m currently working on a scary late MG graphic novel, THE MANY MISFORTUNES OF EUGENIA WANG. Please put it on your to-read list on Goodreads!

Q. How do you create your awesome illustrated notes?

I use Procreate on an iPad Pro.

Thanks, Stan!

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Register for the SCBWI Summer Conference at https://www.scbwi.org/events/summer-conference-2023. Replays of the conferences will be available until September 10th, 2023.

Also be sure to check out the Faculty Conference Bookshop and the Portfolio Showcase!

Illustrated Notes From #scbwiSummer22 (Part 2)

Wow, so many wonderful illustrated notes being posted! If you missed it, check out Part 1 of the SCBWI Summer Conference Illustrated Notes post series.  I've also been posting some in specific session round-ups (do browse the other posts in the SCBWI Conference Blog!) but here is a selection of a few more in Part 2. 

Did I miss yours or did you see a post with illustration session notes you loved? Please post about them in the comments!

From Dela Wilson's keynote session:

From Raissa Figueroa's session:

From the Debut Author Panel with Colleen Paeff, Dustin Thao, Winsome Bingham, Pamela Harris, moderated by Martha Brockenborough:

From Vashti Harrison's session about Picture Book Illustrator's Digital Toolkit:

From TeMika Groom's live-drawing session (see the blog post for more art created by attendees!):

Illustrated Notes From #scbwiSummer22 (Part 1)

I've been loving the illustrated notes being posted by attendees at the SCBWI Summer Conference on Twitter and Instagram! If you've posted illustrated notes from one of the sessions, make sure you use the conference hashtag ( #scbwiSummer22 ) and tag me ( @inkyelbows on Twitter, @inkygirl on Instagram).

From Jolie Stekly's session:

From Dhonielle Clayton's Opening Keynote:

From Jessica Lanan's Illustrating Nonfiction session:

From Miranda Paul's session:

From the Agents & Editors Panel:

From the Illustrators' Q&A:

Again, thanks to all who have been posting illustrated notes! If you see any illustration session notes you think I should include in Part 2, please do post in the comments and let me know, just in case I miss some.

Meanwhile, time to enjoy Day 2 of the Summer Conference!