Childrens Illustrator, Writer, Designer, and Graphic Novelist
RIVKAH LAFILLE
Childrens Illustrator, Writer, Designer, and Graphic Novelist
HEY! IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU!
You can call me Rivkah. I write and illustrate YA and MG graphic novels as well as picture books. I like writing about topics that are hard to talk about: the loss of a parent, estrangement, discovering ones identity, etc. But I like magic too, so sometimes, I mix them!
Project Numero Uno with FIRST SECOND is TOP SECRET, so shhhhh! Don’t tell anybody. But because you’re here, let’s have some sneaky peeks at some of what...
Back in the Ancient Days (before computers), animators, cartoonists, and architects used to use something called non-photo blue pencil. You sketched your underdrawing in blue and then you drew your final lines in black over the blue. Then, when you went to Ye Olden Xerox Machine and made a copy...
In THEATRICAL vs. CINEMATIC STORYTELLING, I mention a lot of things like "zoom," "pan," "establishing shot," etc, which are terms typically used to direct cinematography in movies. While there aren't any "cameras" in comics, the artist is still both director and cinematographer: they direct the shots, understand...
What do I mean by "cinematic" and "theatrical" storytelling? Before the advent of moving film, people mostly saw plays on a stage. The theatre! You were in a fixed seat with a fixed stage. The only things that moved were the actors, the sets, the costumes, and maybe the lighting...
