Friday Fifteen: Tamaye Perry
It’s the Friday Fifteen! Today’s guest is Illustrator Tamaye Perry.
Tamaye has a slew of book covers and magazine layouts on her resume. What called my attention to her is the cover for Jerry Spinelli’s There’s a Girl in My Hammerlock.
Now onto the Fifteen!
1. Where are you now?
Brooklyn, New York
2. What were your favorite books as a kid?
Where the Wild Things Are, all of the Dr. Seuss and Judy Blume books
3. What are you reading now?
Triksta by Nik Coen (I designed the paperback for that cover)
4. Do you have kids?
No
5. What projects are you working on now?
A couple of logos for Nick Jr. and Noggin and of course some covers
6. What is your biggest writing or illustrating luxury?
On my down time I watch a lot of movies
7. Coffee or tea?
decaf coffee
8. Name five artists on your iPod (or mp3 player).
Johnny Cash, The Smiths, Al Green, Belle and Sebastian, and Bjork
9. What would I be surprised to know about you?
I’m a big horror movie fan.
10. What college did you attend (in what subject)?
Art Center College of Design
11. If you weren’t working with kids’ books, what would your dream job be?
I wanted be an architect before I became a graphic designer.
12. What’s the best thing on TV right now?
CSI
13. How did you get your “big break” into the field?
I started working freelance for Roberto de Vicq at HarperCollins while I was working at Entertainment Weekly.
14. Which celeb would you want most to meet?
Gerard Butler
15. Who is the best book character EVER?
This one’s hard. There’s too many good ones.
You can see some of Tamaye’s work at her website. Here are some of my favorites:
Thanks Tamaye!
Tamaye Perry, Jerry Spinelli, illustrator, There’s a Girl in My Hammerlock, Noggin, Entertainment Weekly







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