Ed Emberley • Notes

• Illustrated over 100 books

• His designs are inconsistent with each other - his style varies

• Speaks through his books - designed for "the other me's in the world" who understand him. His book speaks to them if they are "like" him

• Lives his personal home life like a scrapbook

• Thumbprint books (teaching children an easy way to illustrate)

• Use of collage

• Began with use of pen and water colour (no computer or felt tip)

• use of very thin pen

• Began freelance in children's magazines

• "The Wing on a Flea"

• Move to "woodcut book" - printing on to paper from chiseled wood with ink (pine wood and rice paper)

• He's a "totally different artist"

• "They Story of Paul Bunyan"

• "London Bridge is Falling Down"

• "Simon's Song"

• "Rosebud"

• Colour and overlay sometimes separated

• Involved with interactive media now, such as tablets etc - "Go Away Big Green Monster" (example below) 

I admire Ed Emberley's range of different medias, using a selection of tools and techniques to make each individual book or working of his stand out and stand alone. It's almost impossible to pin Ed Emberley down into one specific style as all are completely unique. I'm particularly drawn to the point that not only is he using a variety of different art medias to display his work, but he's also experimenting with interactive apps for Ebooks, as children are now being introduced to this new level of technology at a much younger age than previously, and are learning in not only by traditional ways, but also by new and contemporary media.