Who’s saying what?
Access specialist trade and academic publications, practitioner blogs, and/or forums to get a sense of who is saying what about your discipline or areas of interest.
- Identify (and reference) suitable publications that discuss your discipline.
- What are the key themes, ideas, or debates that are taking place now?
- What is your view or position on these topics?
- How do you join in with the conversation?
- Summarise your findings.
- How can these help inform your practice and research within Stage Three?
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Society of Authors children’s writers and illustrators
Bloomsbury publishing
www2.societyofauthors.org
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Bologna children’s book fair
Format (How to break into children’s book illustrations)
Victoria and Albert museum publishing
http://www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com
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The importance of illustrations in child development (Artist and art psychotherapist and author/ illustrator Frankie Frandsen shares how crucial illustrations are when reading books to children.
Diversity has decreased in children’s book characters, we discuss the issue with a publisher and illustrator.
Man used AI to write and illustrate a children’s book in one weekend. he wasn’t;t prepared for the backlash.
http://www.businessinsider.com
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My view on the last discussion is that I don’t like AI full stop, not only for traditional painters and illustrators, but for the world as a whole! I think there needs to be strict guidelines and boundaries that don’t get crossed.
I can easily see this being used in all manner of ways to scare, hurt, control people, for crime, gangs and terrorists.
Maybe if its kept with legislation there could be some positives, like health related, but no I can only see problems, like this one causing lots of hurt and worry for creatives.
The main feedback from the book was that there was a lot of inconsistencies in the illustrating and the stiff voice of the writing. This all makes for a un-human quality that does not connect with the reader and the pictures of the story.
Using images available online and having no control over copyright will continue to cause upset and emotion, and its just another area creatives are being ripped off by.
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I couldn’t join this conversation as it was from January of this year, but I looked back and found the thread, and came across some replies and some different opinions.
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My summery is:-
The two main points that came from Amman Reshi were:-
- People who are incredibly excited about new tech, giving them the opportunity and ability to create things they couldn’t before.
- Artist and writers are worried about what this means for their careers and direction of the industry.
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This can help with my understanding of where the industry may be going, what things I will need to think about in the future, and also how I might have to change as an illustrator.
It’s very important to keep up to date with what’s going on in your career path, and how this will impact my work going forward.
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