{"id":65887,"date":"2017-01-15T11:34:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T00:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=65887"},"modified":"2017-01-16T15:09:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T04:09:39","slug":"illustrator-jim-kay-harry-potter-always-difficult-hagrid-without-doubt-favourite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2017\/01\/15\/illustrator-jim-kay-harry-potter-always-difficult-hagrid-without-doubt-favourite\/","title":{"rendered":"Illustrator Jim Kay: Harry is always the most difficult. Hagrid is without doubt my favourite…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Inside the Chamber of Secrets:<\/span>
\nAn interview with Jim Kay, illustrator of the illustrated edition of
\nThe Chamber of Secrets<\/em> by J.K. Rowling.<\/span> <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Words by Helen Boyle.<\/p>\n

A whirlwind of critical acclaim and global sales greeted the publication of the illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone<\/em>,<\/a> but illustrator Jim Kay was already fully immersed in illustrating the second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBook one was over two years in the making,\u201d Jim Kay tells me, \u201cbut for book two we had a few months. So I mocked up a little book of the final illustrated version, full of all the things I wanted to see. Time was the limiting factor, so I only had the chance of executing 50% of what I had originally planned. I would say no illustrated book is ever \u2018finished\u2019, you just run out of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kay\u2019s approach to illustrating J.K. Rowling\u2019s modern classics has been one of intense attention to detail. Finding real people to \u2018cast\u2019 as the characters and draw them as they age has been key to his visualistion of Harry and his friends.<\/p>\n\n\t\t