【HP新闻】《凤凰社》插画版将于2022年问世

凤凰社篇The Order of the Phoenix

Jim Kay 2021/2/14

我知道2022年这个时间点超级晚了。

我写下这些的时候，窗外的猫头鹰正叫唤呢。现在是深冬，地面还结满了冰。

最近我正全力以赴完成这部作品。

这部书文字内容巨多，整本书的尺寸可能会限制插画的数量。

如果我理解错的话，这本书出版的时候字体会微微缩小一点，但毫无疑问它仍是一本厚书。

有一个问题是有这么多内容，我做不到全配上插画！

可选择用来做插画的内容够多了，好在这一册随着孩子们长大风格也阴暗一点儿。这也更匹配我的画风，头两部真画得我头秃。

原文：
I know – it’s super late coming out. It looks like it might emerge in 2022 now. As I’m writing this the owl is hooting outside, it’s deep midwinter and the ground is locked in ice. I’m currently working flat out trying to get this finished. It’s a whopping book, and the scale of it will probably limit the number of illustrations that can appear. The text, as I understand it, will be very slightly reduced in size, but there’s no way of avoiding the fact this will be a heavy book. One of the problems is that there’s SO MUCH I wasn’t to illustrate in this book, I’m spoilt for choice, but it’s great that this is a slightly darker book, and the children are getting older. This is getting more into my comfort zone now. I really struggled with the first two books.

刚开启《凤凰社》绘制之旅的时候，我还住在160英里外的北安普敦郡，那时候的世界还不曾听说新冠肺炎。

我已经收到了一大票被隔离折磨疯的插画师，尤其是插画系学生的消息。

我非常理解这种隔离的生活肯定不是你想象中的大学生活。

最被学生问到的问题之一是“你是如何提起精神工作的？”

对于我而言，我只能说回归到驱使你去画画的东西，这让你手痒痒去记录下各种灵感。

这个状态在创作另人激动的事物过程中真的很常见。

当一个学生在工作室和其他人合作时就很容易达到这种状态——但有段时间我自由职业独自呆在家里，我就去阅读各种书籍，浏览博客和看DVD。这些能在封城时期，最能让我找到“工作室”的感觉——看着人们在折腾着搞些新花样。

网络也确实对此帮助很大。我一直极度渴望提升自己的技能，网络上有太多东西可以学。

我还没有摸到窍门如何使用水彩和色彩理论，但是我在封城期间准备好好学一下。

原文：
It’s strange that when I started illustrating Phoenix I was living 160 miles away in Northamptonshire, and the world had never heard of Covid19. I’ve received messages from a number of illustrators and particularly illustration students that are struggling right now with the isolation. I really feel for those in education as this is not the way you imagine spending your college/university life. One of the most frequently asked questions from students is ‘how do you get motivated to work?’. All I can say is that for myself, I had to go back to what made me want to draw, what made me itching to get down to scribbling ideas. It was seeing people actually in the act of creating something I found inspiring. As a student working in a studio with others – that was easy, but once I was freelance and sat on my own at home, I turned to various ‘making of’ books, blogs, and DVD extras. It’s the closest I can get in lockdown to that ‘studio’ feel, watching people muddle through the creative process. The internet has proven really helpful for this too. I’m desperately trying to improve my skills all the time, there’s so much to learn. I still haven’t a clue how to go about using watercolour or apply colour theory, but i’m trying to learn during this weird period of lockdown

一般说来，疫情的时候出版业会正常运转，人们会从阅读中找到归宿。阅读是这其中能抓住的积极的事情了。

与此同时我会尽全力去完成《凤凰社》，非常感激读者们，出版社的耐心等待，你们在我有所动摇一如既往地支持我。

原文：
Publishing has, in general, been ticking along ok during the pandemic, and people have found escape through reading, which is one positive we can cling to. Meanwhile I will do my best to get this book wrapped up, and I am very grateful for your patience, and for the patience of the publisher Bloomsbury, who always support me when I have a wobble. J