2025 | Book Covers
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- Why did you create this work?
Words such as ‘environment’ and ‘ecology’, are often abstract terms for a small child. So I wanted to visualise the environment as a living, breathing entity that children could easily relate to. I pitched the concept to my publishers who loved the idea and so the project began. I decided to make a picture book depicting the environment as a vast wild creature. - How were your illustrations used?
The illustrations form a 32 pages fully illustrated picture book for children of all ages.
It can be read as a bedtime story, it can also be used at schools as part of a discussion about protecting our planet and it can also be used as inspiration for a nature art project.
The book has already been translated into several languages, as the subject matter has a universal appeal. - What materials and techniques did you use?
I began with various pencil sketches of the wild creature symbolising ‘nature’. I painted many textures and palettes based on my research of the natural world, which I then scanned digitally and formed collages to create the landscape. It includes traditional techniques with digital collage. - Was this project commissioned?
Commissioned - Commissioner Name
Oxford University Press - Commissioner Company
Oxford University Press - Commissioner Instagram
@oxfordchildrens - Who was the work commissioned for?
Oxford University Press - Instagram
@yuvalzommer - Biography
Yuval Zommer graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Illustration. Working as a creative director at leading advertising agencies before becoming the author and illustrator of highly acclaimed titles including the Big Book Of… series which has won and been shortlisted for numerous awards. He is the author and illustrator of his latest picture book with Oxford Children's is The Wild. - Where are you currently based?
United Kingdom (UK)
