Bókamyndir/ Illustrations

Tá eg skrivi, síggi eg fyri mær tað eg sigi frá um, eg havi myndirnar í høvdinum, men hóast eg lærdi at skriva og mangt annað í skúlanum, lærdu tey okkum ongantíð at tekna. Tí havi eg altíð verið noydd at biðja onnur at gera tær myndirnar, sum eg vil hava til søgurnar. 

Tað hevur sjálvandi sínar fyrimunir at fáa onnur at gera myndir til mínar tekstir. Søgurnar verða sæddar við øðrum eygum og okkurt verður lagt afturat, ein onnur dimensión. Samstundir er tað eisini ørkymlandi, tí eg veit jú longu, hvussu tær eiga at vera.

Tá eg byrjaði at gera 3D myndir, skilti eg knappliga, at hóast eg ikki havi lært at tekna, kann eg kortini gera myndir. Eg skuldi bara gera 3D til 2D og arbeiða víðari við grafisku forritunum á telduni, sum eg longu eri so von. Mínar fyrstu bókamyndir komu í Mín jólabók 2016, síðani havi eg havt søgur við myndum á hvørjum árið og eisini gjørt mínar egnu myndabøkur.

When I write, I imagine what everything looks like, I have the pictures in my head, but although I learned to write and everything else in school, they did not teach us to draw. Therefore, I have always had to ask others to illustrate my texts.

Of course, it has its advantages to get others to illustrate. The texts are seen with other eyes, get a different dimension. At the same time, it is also frustrating, because I already know how they should be, and they don’t always match.

When I started on my 3D pictures, I suddenly realized that even though I have not learned to draw, I can still make illustrations. I just have to get the 3dimensional into 2 dimensions and continue working on the graphics programs on the compter, which I’m already used to.

My first illustrations came in “My Christmas Book” (My Christmas Book) 2016. Since I have had illustrated stories in the christmas book every year and also published my own illustrated books.

“Út í vindin” Søga og myndir – Rakel Helmsdal – Mín jólabók 2016 / “Into the wind” Story and illustrations by Rakel Helmsdal in Mín jólabók 2016 (My Christmas Book 2016) BFL
“Tú ert púra svøk” Søga og myndir – Rakel Helmsdal – Mín jólabók 2017 / “You are completely mad” Story and illustrations by Rakel Helmsdal in My Christmas Book 2017
Loftar tú mær? kom fyrst út sum ein adventssøga í 4 pørtum í Mín jólabók 2018 við færri og einfaldri myndum. / Will you catch me? was first published as a feuilleton in “My Christmas Book 2018 with fewer and simpler illustrations.
Mítt íkast til Mín jólabók 2019 var ein yrking við myndum um ommu mína. / My contributuon to the christmas book 2019 was an illustrated poem about my grand mother.
Blómumóðir er eitt ævintýr inspirera av einum dreymi sum dóttir mín segði mær, tá hon var heilt lítil. Tekstur og myndir vóru í Mín jólabók 2020 / Mother of Flowers is a fairy tale inspired by a dream told to me by my daughter, when she was little. The illustrated story was published in the chrismas book in 2020.
Í 2021 byrjaði eg uppá eina røð av søgum frá Ellisheiminum í Skýmingini. Ventilurin var fyrsta søgan. Hon varð prenta í Mín Jólabók 2021. / In 2021, I began a series of stories from The Nightfall Retirement Home. The Valve is the first of these stories. It was printed in My Christmas Book 2021.
“Fyrstikkvesenenes dikt” var eitt áhugavert listasamstarv eg var við til í 2021. Les meira um tað her. / The Poem of the Matchstick Creatures was an interesting art collaboration I was part of last year. Read more about it here.
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