Kelpies News and Features
Category: Design and Illustration
Join #PickleOnTour with Kate McLelland
Posted on 18/06/18 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Guest posts, Isla & Pickle, Kate McLelland
It’s official – our favourite Shetland pony is back! Today is the first stop on Kate McLelland’s blog tour, which is celebrating the return of Isla an …
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#FlorisDesign meets Melanie Mitchell
Posted on 15/06/18 in Design and Illustration, Guest posts, Illustrators, Melanie Mitchell, Three Craws
Sung throughout Scottish homes up and down the country, classic rhymes and traditional tunes make for fun, interactive stoytime sessions. Some of them …
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#FlorisDesign meets Sandra Klaassen
Posted on 26/04/18 in Design and Illustration, Flash the Sheep Dog, Haki the Shetland Pony, Illustrators, Sandra Klaassen
A leopard may never change his spots, but a cover can change many times in the lifetime of a book. At Kelpies HQ our Kelpies Classics collection have …
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#FlorisDesign meets Nataša Ilinčić
Posted on 01/04/18 in Design and Illustration, Nataša Ilinčić, Treasure of the Loch Ness Monster
There have been enough stories, claimed sightings and tall tales about the Loch Ness Monster to fill the famous loch itself. But as an illustrator how …
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Illustrating Children’s Crime Fiction
Posted on 16/10/17 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Guest posts, Illustrators, Top-Secret Grandad and Me, Uncategorized
In our latest #FlorisDesign interview we spoke to Spanish illustrator, Laura Aviñó, about illustrating children’s crime fiction in David MacPhail’s ne …
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#FlorisDesign meets Susana Gurrea
Posted on 15/08/17 in A Super Scotland Sticker Book, Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Susana Gurrea
In our latest #FlorisDesign interview we spoke to Spanish illustrator, Susana Gurrea, about her experience of illustrating the first ever Kelpies stic …
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#FlorisDesign meets Kathryn Selbert
Posted on 01/08/17 in Ally Bally Bee, Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Illustrators, Kathryn Selbert, Traditional Scottish Tunes
To many Scots, the Coulter’s Candy tune is often sung yet rarely seen. Floris Books is changing that with a new board book inspired by the quintessent …
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#FlorisDesign meets Nastasha Rimmington
Posted on 30/06/17 in Design and Illustration
#FlorisDesign got chatting to Stirling-based illustrator, Natasha Rimmington, the artist behind our new Picture Kelpie Max and Zap at the Museum. Duri …
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#FlorisDesign meets Kate McLelland
Posted on 19/06/17 in Design and Illustration, Kate McLelland
From wee lassies to midgies and nessies, Kate McLelland has illustrated many Kelpies books. Now she’s launching a new picture book series about a chee …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview – Alfredo Belli
Posted on 16/04/17 in Design and Illustration
Today is the 270th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden. Based on the famous Skye Boat Song, and with stunning illustrations by Alfredo Belli, new pi …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview – Vanya Nastanlieva
Posted on 05/04/17 in Design and Illustration
The Island and the Bear by Louise Greig is one of our latest Picture Kelpies published this Spring. The book is inspired by a true story that has sinc …
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‘My First Scottish…’ – from brainwave to book
Posted on 07/03/17 in Design and Illustration, Kate McLelland
Have you ever wondered how a board book is created? Perhaps not! After all, it can’t be that difficult to make a board book, can it? We caught up with …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Yuliya Somina
Posted on 08/02/17 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff
Today #FlorisDesign is talking to Yuliya Somina, illustrator of our new Young Kelpies series, Porridge the Tartan Cat, penned by Alan Dapre. Featuring …
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Introducing the Floris Design and Production Team
Posted on 27/01/17 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Uncategorized
The Design and Production team members at Floris Books are a key part of the publishing process. They are responsible for taking a manuscript and tran …
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Floris Design: Behind the Scenes with Thorfinn the Nicest Viking
Posted on 21/07/16 in Design and Illustration
Today the #FlorisDesign team will be taking a look behind the scenes at some early sketches of Thorfinn-the-Very-VERY-Nice-Indeed. Thorfinn is the pol …
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Meet the Floris Design team!
Posted on 29/06/16 in Design and Illustration
The design and production team at Floris Books are a key part of the publishing process. They are responsible for taking a manuscript and transforming …
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Creating Characters in Illustrated Children’s Books – #FlorisDesign
Posted on 23/05/16 in Design and Illustration
With wacky expressions, silly quirks and heartfelt encounters, we know that characterisation brings personality to the page. At Floris, we think that …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Si Clark
Posted on 01/10/14 in Design and Illustration, E. B. Colin, Fun Stuff, Pyrate's Boy
Illustrator of… A few weeks ago, the team here at Discover Kelpies were thrilled to announce that three (yes, THREE!) of our lovely titles had been …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Philip Longson
Posted on 24/09/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Lari Don
Illustrator of…For the last three weeks we’ve dedicated our #FlorisDesign take-overs to showcasing our wonderfully talented Traditional Scottish Tal …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Ruchi Mhasane
Posted on 17/09/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Janis Mackay
Illustrator of… Last Wednesday we introduced you to the first of our Traditional Scottish Tales illustrators, Matthew Land – illustrator of Theresa …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Matthew Land
Posted on 10/09/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff
Illustrator of… With the release date of our stunning Traditional Scottish Tales just around the corner, we thought you might like to meet the illus …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Questionnaire: Luke Newell
Posted on 03/09/14 in Alex McCall, Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Kelpies Prize 2013
Illustrator of… It’s been just over a year since Luke Newell began to design his eggs-cellent cover for Alex McCall’s Kelpies Prize-winning Attack o …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Questionnaire: Astrid Jaekel
Posted on 13/08/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff
Illustrator of… Last summer Astrid became the very first winner of our very first Kelpies Design & Illustration Prize, and what a winner she was! …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Kirsteen Harris-Jones
Posted on 30/07/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff
#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interviw: Kirsteen Harris-Jones Illustrator of… Kirsteen illustrated her first Picture Kelpies book, No Such Thing as Nessie …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Nicola L. Robinson
Posted on 23/07/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff
Illustrator of… Nicola has been illustrating covers for our Kelpies range for the last 5 years and we’re thrilled that she’s agreed to give us a pea …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Leah McDowell
Posted on 16/07/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff
Illustrator of… Leah has been illustrating Kelpies for nearly three years now and has stacked up an awesome variety of fun, spooky and sinister cove …
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