Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Illustrated book ideas.

I have now read vol.3 of Ricky's transcript cover to cover and have discovered a good few extracts on which to base imagery on. I also have been thinking about what i actually want this book to look like and one book keeps coming to mind. It is called 'The Wolves In The Walls' and it is written by Neil Gaiman, who is a comic/book author and it is illustrated by Dave McKean who has illustrated a number of Gaiman's works. I love McKean's style and i think it would fit the imagery evoked from Ricky's writing. 


One thing i am conscious of is that (for the moment, anyway) there is not REALLY a narrative as such. Just a selection of interesting visuals. I think this can be worked on, so i'm not SO worried about it. Ricky is away on holiday for the moment, but i am in contact via email and i've asked him for a copy of vol.1 and vol.2 of his transcripts. 
I am also aware that i could ask Ricky to try to search for a specific spirit to talk to and am quite amused by the thought of trying to contact someone... Not that i want to make light of the dead or anything, but it would be kinda cool to talk to Hendrix...

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