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Lois Ehlert

1. Lois Ehlert is known for her graphic designs in picture books, more specifically, children's picture books. She also designed the Children's Library in Milwaukee. The interesting aspect of her work is that the graphic designs she creates often include a playful drawing combined with a cutout picture that she uses as a collage type accent. She was raised in a home where people around her were always making things with their hands. She has a large studio of her own to work in now and suggests that every other good artist have their own "space". She prefers to paint her own papers to get the right color and texture herself. 2. Lois Ehlert is still alive and working in the modern era of graphic design. Because she lives in modern times she has access to the best technology, and photography, and therefore develops very high quality work. 3. Although she works in a time where computers are available, she doesn't use computers to do everything. She cuts out pieces of her work and also keeps a "dummy book" full of pencil drawings. After she had done drawings of her own she of course proceeded to us computers to make a digital collage of both photos and drawings in order to produce the final picture. 4. I chose this author because as a kid I really only liked to read the books with good graphics; I only cared about the pictures. One of my favorite authors was Eric Carle because of his pictures. I like how she combines her own drawings with cutouts of actual pictures. It looks both modern and playful at the same time and that is a rare thing to be able to achieve. 5. Examples of work: