James Gurney on Gurney Journey, Creativity and Using Technology to Reach Fans.

John Steinbeck,  Charles Kuralt, and a hobo named Bud inspired James to spend three months traveling across the U.S. and the book that came out of it: The Artist’s Guide to Sketching

• The lasting impression of James’ art on young minds and how one fan grew up to be a paleontologist and named a dinosaur after James: Torvosaurus gurneyi
• The criteria James uses to decide what projects to work on: “Find the work I have the most fun doing, work with the people I really enjoy hanging with and then figure out how to make a business out of that.”
• Why James thinks right now is the best time to be an artist and how he uses new technology to reach current fans and create new ones.
• Why reading every day is important to James’ work.
• How his artist blog,  Gurney Journey sparks James’ creativity.
• James’ advice on how to develop an original vision.

Other Artists Mentioned:

• Howard Pyle
• N.C. Wyeth
• Norman Rockwell, Illustrator
• MC Escher

Books by James Gurney:

The Dinotopia Series:

• A Land Apart from Time
• Journey to Chandara
• The World Beneath
• First Flight

Find James Gurney on the Internet:

• Gurney Journey  (blog)
• JamesGurney.com
• Dinotopia
• Connect with James:
  • on Facebook
  • on Twitter @GurneyJourney
  • on YouTube
  • on Pinterest
  • on Instagram

Illustrations