This was a talk I gave about Maurice Sendak's illustration work and his work's significance within the illustration industry. It was for a general audience at the Nevada Museum of Art on March 7, 2014.

1. Maurice Sendak:
Mischief Maker
Lisa Kurt
March 7, 2014

2. What is an Illustrator?

7. Process
• brief/specs (subject, due date, size, medium, etc.)
• thumbnails/brainstorm/sketch dump
• research/references
• comps (color as needed)
• submit to client
• revisions
• approval
• final piece created

8. Process: Sketch

9. Process: Final Illustration

10. Process: Final Drawing

11. Process: Techniques
• pen and ink
• watercolor wash
• ink wash
• pencil
• markers
• color pencil
• printmaking

12. Imagination

13. Creating the Conditions...

14. Who Are You?
http://offtract.com/

15. Childhood
“I seem to have been blessed
and cursed with total recall
of childhood”

16. Play

17. Play

18. Play

19. Play

20. Draw everywhere...

21. ...On Everything

22. mistakes (make + Embrace)

23. Wild Horses...no, Things!

24. Characters

25. Characters

26. Characters

27. Place

28. Place

29. Storytelling

30. Storytelling

31. Storytelling

32. His Legacy...

33. His Legacy...

34. His Legacy...

35. His Legacy...

36. Continues...

37. “I do it because I can’t not do it”
-Maurice Sendak