I’m always curious to hear how author and illustrators collaborate.
Once I have the photos for the backgrounds, I digitally paint over my sketches in Flash and then I pull my characters into Photoshop and marry them with the photography. It was a tough transition, and it took me a while to actually get rid of my drawing table, but now I can’t imagine working any other way. I’ve been drawing digitally for about six or seven years now. I draw the characters digitally in a program called Flash. And if I’m lucky enough to sell the manuscript then it’s off to the races and I then sketch out the entire book. Once I feel pretty confident that I have a strong idea, then I start working on my manuscript and fine-tuning the story and dialogue. From there I chose where I wanted this bet to happen-New York City! Then I started to sketch out some funny gags that Moon could do that are directly related to NYC-funny things with hot dogs from a street vendor, subway dancing, or chicken mimes near Central Park. So in the second book, Ollie & Moon, Fuhgeddaboudit!, I played around with what would happen if Ollie bet Moon that she couldn’t make him laugh. They are both goofy gagsters and they love to make each other laugh. Even though Ollie and Moon are big-eyed cartoon cats, they are really 6-year old kids. Once I’ve got a character that I know really well, I can put them into any situation-looking for a surprise in Paris or playing a game of dare in Hawaii-and I’ll know exactly how they’ll react. Can you tell me a little bit about how an Ollie & Moon story goes from idea to book?įor me, it begins with the characters. Her books Ollie & Moon and Ollie & Moon: Fuhgeddaboutdit! feature Diane’s lovable characters superimposed atop photographs.ġ.Diane, I am very curious about your process. I’m honored to interview Diane Kredensor today. Other times I picture them causing trouble by the drinking fountain. Sometimes I picture them curled up with their favorite book reading next to each other.
Since reading Ollie & Moon: Fuhgeddaboutdit!, I can’t help picturing how Diane Kredensor would draw them into a picture of my classroom during independent reading.
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