Trina Schart Hyman Fortunately for us, Trina Schart Hyman has had a lot to say. That s the one great thing about illustrating or being an artist, you can do it at home. From Trina Schart Hyman interview, April 6, 1999.
Book illustration can be an isolating experience.
You work at home for months, send off a finished set of illustrations, and unless the book is a howling success, you never get any real feedback. It s very lonely work, as I imagine writing is. On the other hand, when I m in the middle of a book, I would love to be a solitary hermit on the top of a mountain in Tibet. I think about it instead. I think about the story and about what it means and about how it can be brought to life in pictures.