When he drew the castle intially, he wasn’t happy with the perspective of one of the drawings so he took it and rebuilt it on the computer, then redrew it, and printed it out on watercolor paper. (He didn’t add the boy until later drafts). He drew it before the story, and knew there would be a girl going on a journey, and that she would be going to this castle. So the roads are all waterways so she can come visit him whenever she wants. They looked at body language, use of color, and tried to find the little secrets hidden in the pictures.īecause the King who lives there (who we see in Quest) is in love with a Mermaid, but she didn’t want to leave water behind to live with him. On each page he would ask questions to pull the story out of them and have them talk about what was happening in the picture.

It was awesome to see him “read” his wordless book to the kids. He took us through all of Journey on the projector so the images were big enough for everyone to see. Showing off some pictures of him holding a pole to act as a spear for some drawing reference 🙂 Someone in the audience said, “It’s about the process, not the destination,” and he really liked that.

“Is it you don’t know where you’re going?” he asked us. He asked us about what a journey is and how it’s different from a regular trip or adventure. He talked first about Journey, then Quest. The balloon from Journey…dark because of the projector 🙂 I heard Aaron Becker speak at Hicklebee’sĪbout Journey, Quest, and everything else! I learned a few things about the backstory that are AWESOME! I’ll save these for what’s coming up in the Meet Aaron Becker report How this takes the story of Journey and makes it even more epic, but is still a book all of it’s own. Take a close look at him each time you see him. Love looking for the crayons in the sculptures 🙂

I love how we get to visit SO MANY different places in this book!Īll the little hidden things that tie all the locations together. LOVE the color of this one, and how all the friends who help them throughout the pages come back to celebrate 🙂 First, the kids JUST BARELY make it out of there.

I would love to have a print of this on my wall someday! I love the perspective of this one, and how much is going on. The light just draws me in, and how magical it all is. In one sentence: Two kids with magical crayons go on a quest to try to find more and save a magical world. In one word:ok, I’m just going to use is, quest! That I could barely wait to see him at Hicklebee’s 🙂 Though, I have to say I was so excited for QuestĪfter hearing him speak about Journey at #LA14SCBWI Ok no story today because I’ve got the Meet Aaron Becker part coming at the end.

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