EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 9 © 2014 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

85 I followed his advice and it was like a light went on in my brain. From then on I asked myself, “How would Will Terry draw this to fit in with what he likes?” PR: Did you find it easy moving to creating art on the computer? WT: I had wanted to take advantage of digital tools for years but didn’t know how. I knew that there were speed and technique advantages but couldn’t figure it out. One day one of my students walked me through it in about a half hour. A month later I put my acrylic paint away and ABOVE: A boy, a dog and a sledge, note again Terry’s use of space, lighting and body language to add real suspense to the scene. LEFT: A demo artwork from Terry’s series of online digital painting classes.