Then I scanned the line drawing and printed multiple, miniature copies so I could start testing colors… I work solely with Prismacolor pencil, and so, as I test color palettes I write down the names of the pencils as well as the order in which I layer the them, so I can recreate the same palette on every spread in the book. Then, I created a cleaned-up line drawing from the original sketch on Canson vellum fish Bristol. When I got into the studio I worked up this sketch in my sketchbook- scanned it- and placed the text in Photoshop.
This is the scribble I made in the car (stopped at a red light) immediately after my son John asked, “Mom, do T-Rexes like crumpets?” T- Rex? I thought… TEA Rex?! This…is a story. When not making mischief with her boys or watching old Technicolor musicals, she can be found at her desk scribbling away, with a pencil in one hand and a cup of espresso in the other- creating a plethora of profoundly whimsical picture books! Molly now lives in Arizona with her brilliant husband, two wonderfully mischievous sons, and two snugly cats. After five years, a number of film credits, and an incredibly good time, she left the studio and leapt with gusto into the world of children’s book illustration! It was upon her graduation from Arizona State University, with a BFA in Drawing, that Molly accepted an offer to work for DreamWorks Feature Animation Studios. But while she started scribbling before she could walk, her professional career as an artist began slightly later… Molly Idle has been drawing ever since she could wield a pencil.
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