Illustrator Research {Lane Smith}

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lanesmithbooks.com

Lane Smith is one of my favorite Illustrators and is well known for his illustrations with children's books. He has illustrated for many different publishers and other commissoned works. Some of his most popular books, that I grew up with, are The Stinky Cheese Man , and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. One of the most interesting things about his work is the styling of his characters. They are stylized forms that have been completely rendered to where you can almost touch the characters as if they were standing right in front of you. I hope that I can achieve this type of effect with my works in the future. Listed below are just a few of Smith's illustration works. You should check out his website too, and see the collaborations he does with his wife Molly.

{Books Illustrated and Written}

Glasses (Who Needs 'Em?) - Viking Children's - 1991
The Big Pets - Viking Children's - 1991
The Happy Hocky Family! - Viking Children's - 1993
Flying Jake - Viking Children's - 1996
Pinnochio: The Boy - Viking Children's - 2002
The Happy Hocky Family Moves to the Country! - Viking Children's - 2003
John, Paul, George, and Ben - Hyperion Press - 2006

{Collaborations and Other Illustrations}

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs - Viking Children's - 1989
The Stinky Cheese Man - Viking Children's - 1992
Math Curse - Viking Children's - 1995
Squids Will Be Squids - Viking Children's - 1998
Baloney, (Henry P.) - Viking Children's - 2001
Science Verse - Viking Children's - 2004

Halloween ABC - Eve Merriam - Simon & Schuster - 1987
James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl - Random House - 1996 edition
The illustrations also appear in the 1997 hardcover book The Roald Dahl Treasury.
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! - Dr. Seuss, Jack Prelutsky - Random House - 1998
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip - George Saunders - McSweeney's Publishing - 2006

A list of Reviews can be seen through his website as well.