![]() ![]() Her illustrations are interwoven with threads of fairy tale and sit perfectly against the text. She brought such energy and imagination to the commission. I still can’t believe it to be honest – now I have to think of new dreams and new goals! It’s really been a dream come true.’įolio Art Director Sheri says: ‘It was an absolute pleasure to work with Marie-Alice on Howl’s Moving Castle. ‘I’ve been a great admirer of Folio Society books for a while. I enjoy having bits of the artwork break out of the frame – it’s like someone pulling your sleeve a bit: ‘Look! The world I get to illustrate goes on out of what you can see.’ It’s a little incentive for the viewer to keep imagining things. ‘ Howl’s Moving Castle is great to illustrate because there are so many visual elements. ![]() ‘I read the book in French first before seeing the movie, and then read it again for the competition and it was like rediscovering it. ‘When I found out about the subject for this year’s Folio Society Competition, I knew I just had to do it,’ says Marie-Alice. ![]() In this blog, Marie-Alice talks through her illustrations for the finished Folio edition. After more than 500 entries from 47 countries, Marie-Alice Harel won the competition with her beautiful fairy-tale inspired artwork. We were so excited to have Diana Wynne Jones’s much-loved Howl’s Moving Castle as the subject for the Book Illustration Competition 2019. ![]()
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