Lizzy Stewart
Illustrator
In their own words
I’ve always thought I made books the way I do because I’m an illustrator, first and foremost.
I want the book to look and feel like a treat.
Sometimes the digital way of working is by far and away the hardest way to do things!
It’s done when you can touch it.
Articles & interviews3
- Lizzy Stewart’s The Wreck tells a messy love story like only an illustrator could
The article profiles illustrator Lizzy Stewart’s new illustrated novel, The Wreck, published by Jonathan Cape. Blending comic panels, prose, and full-page paintings, the book explores friendship, class, and love through a visually rich, genre-defying format. Stewart discusses her creative process, materials, and the challenges of editing such a hybrid work.
- “It’s done when you can touch it”: Lizzy Stewart on the hundreds of drawings and writing-on-a-whim that goes into illustrated novels
The article covers illustrator and writer Lizzy Stewart’s talk at April’s Nicer Tuesdays event in London, where she discussed her creative process and the making of her new graphic novel, The Wreck. She reflected on her journey from children’s books like There’s a Tiger in the Garden to more mature illustrated storytelling. The event highlighted her tactile approach to creativity and the hundreds of drawings that go into her work.
- Marina Willer, Lizzy Stewart, intranetgirl, Ollie Babajide Tikare: Tickets now available for April’s Nicer Tuesdays!