[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-yay-im-this-years-cheltenham-kids-lit-fest-illustrator":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"So exciting!!! I got an e-mail from \u003Ca href=\"http://cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/\">Cheltenham Literature Festival\u003C/a> organiser Jane Churchill, who invited me to be the Book It! Illustrator for the festival in October. I can hardly believe it, other people who have done it in the past are some of my most favourite illustrators, including \u003Cb>David Roberts\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Polly Dunbar\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Chris Riddell\u003C/b>. And I had an \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/242732.html\">amazing time at last year's festival\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\nThat means I'll get to make a picture that will go on the brochure, banners, flyers, etc, and I asked if I could do my \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/new/vernlettuce-book.html\">\u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i>\u003C/a> characters and they said yes! So I've just sketched out a first version to see what they think. You might see a lot of changes, but I thought I'd post them as I go along. (And I'm very glad for any feedback, I want this picture to look the best it can!) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcintyre_chelt1-b5970a28b2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI'm starting out with a little wobbly go-cart type thing, like the Pickle Rye gang are setting off for the festival, but getting a bit lost (as they would). Here are Polly Dunbar's and Chris Riddell's from earlier years:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/chelt_pastflyers-b449d25325.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n(They're \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/cheltfestivals\">cheltfestivals\u003C/a> on Twitter if you want to follow. The festival runs 8–17 October.)","2010-06-04T16:06:00.000Z","yay-im-this-years-cheltenham-kids-lit-fest-illustrator",[],"yay! i'm this year's cheltenham kids lit fest illustrator!",1776628718304]