Scissorella: Creative Process Part V

It’s the final day of my @andersenpress #illustratortakeover so I’m going to reveal my favourite spread from Scissorella. It’s been a pleasure sharing details from the book with you all, thanks for following along!

The best part of working on Scissorella was getting to create a laser cut centrefold! In the book, Lotte visits the Prince’s palace ball and wows everyone with her paper cutting skills. So we decided to show a peek through the palace windows.

It was a challenge making sure that everything lined up properly, and that the windows were ornate but not so much that they would fall to pieces! I’m so pleased it worked out. ✂

Here’s a page from my sketchbook, planning out how the laser cut windows might work.

Scissorella is written by Clare Helen Welsh and published by Andersen Press. You can see more of my books and work at www.laurabarrett.co.uk.