Tuesday, March 27, 2012

YAA Art Projects: This Is Shyness

By Noelle

In my original Goodreads review for This Is Shyness, I mentioned that while I was reading it, it evoked a distinct visual style in my mind:
Do any of you visualize scenes of books while you’re reading them? I often do and while I was reading This Is Shyness, my visualization was in the neo-noir, graphic novel style.
Well, I kept thinking about it afterwards and when I read Queen of the Night I could no longer resist the urge to give it a go...and this is what I came up with:

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Introducing the Wildgirl and Wolfboy of my imagination! That Queen of the Night quote was one of my favorites of the series and I thought it summed up Shyness perfectly.

I drew this in Adobe Illustrator and had so much fun making it.  Thanks to Leanne Hall for creating such a fascinating world in Shyness.




14 comments:

  1. Really beautiful, Noelle. I haven't even read the book and I can *feel* the atmosphere.

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    1. Thank you so much, Sarah! You always make me feel so awesome about my art projects :) --N

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  2. Noelle, that's fantastic! You're right, TiS and QofN would make fantastic graphic novels and while I pictured WB and WG a little differently, I think you have captured the feel of the books perfectly!

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    1. Thank you, Mandee! I love seeing how different people picture different characters.--N

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  3. Oh my goodness- Noelle! This is so gorgeous!
    I've not even read QotN yet and this has given me chivvers!

    Also, Wolfboy? Awoooo.

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    1. Oh yay Jo! Thank you! Are you reading QotN soon? ARE YOU? I'm glad my Wolfie got your Awooooo of approval :D --N

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  4. That's so great Noelle! You should design all the covers. ALL the covers.

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    1. Catie! Thank you! And if only haha. How much fun would that be? --N

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    1. I'm so glad you like it, Simmone. Thank you! --N

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  6. I have no clue how to use Adobe Illustrator but this is awesome. You are so talented, Noelle!

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    1. It's always so nerve-wracking to post artwork and so wonderful to read comments like these. Thanks so much, Flannery! :) --N

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