Monday, March 1, 2010

read any good picture books lately?

There was a good month in college when I was really excited about the prospect of being a children's illustrator. Fresh from waffling on the photography major, and drowning in the first semester of the art education major, I needed a creative outlet.

It never went any farther than several hours spent at the library perusing 'how to' books and children's books. But from the day I was born (approximately) to the day I die I have an intense love for these funny little illustrations.....











[all images via ffffound.com]

Most of my childhood books are still at my mom's, but I have a very small sweet collection here. If Mark can ever find the power cord to his scanner I will post them up, I promise!

(Trust me, you can't go on living without having seen The Cat's Pajamas!)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love children's book illustrations! These are great!

cArLa said...

these images are amazing... i also love the illustrations from the old golden books series... would it be too much to ask if you can invite me to join fffound? thanks for your time!

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courtney.janelle.sews said...

ohh Carla, I so would if I had an account there but unfortunately I don't! if you find someone with invites let me know ;) hahaha

I forgot about golden books, I really need to get my old ones from my mom's house.