JINJER MARKLEY
Jinjer Markley is a freelance illustrator based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, who specializes in illustrating children’s books and creating artwork for kids.
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CREATIVE STATEMENT
Jinjer Markley, is an artist and illustrator specializing in watercolor picture book illustrations full of emotion. Jinjer has illustrated five picture books for independent authors, and loves the process of bringing a picture book to life. She works in watercolor because it does weird stuff, and rewards close observation, experimentation and play, which keeps her illustrations lively and whimsical. To maintain her drawing skills, Jinjer draws every day, usually kids or animals, but she also enjoys Urban Sketching, and has a sweet spot in her heart for flowers.
RECENT CLIENTS
- This Thing Has a Name by Amanda Bacon-Davis
- Binkie Robinson and the Invisible Paint by Lava Robbins
- Grandma, Don’t Click That Link by James Pyle
Q&A
What was your favorite storybook as a child?
I remember staring at my favorite pictures in books like The Velveteen Rabbit long after storytime ended. Books are little windows where children can see into themselves and nature and other people. I want to create little windows that the children of today and tomorrow will want to gaze into.
Which authors do you admire most?
I read a LOT, so this is a hard question to answer! My current answer is Andrea Beaty for her Imagineers series, which takes the journey to self-discovery trope so common in books for older children and makes it relevant for the elementary set, it poetry form. Genius. But ask me again tomorrow.
What characteristic really brings a children’s book to life?
If there was an easy formula for bringing a children's book to life, it wouldn't be such a miraculous process! There's really no substitute for holding the idea or manuscript in mind as you take walks or cook meals or play with paint. There's something magical about how ideas or words go in and a book comes out.
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