Books ︎◆ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Interview with the illustrator of Fantastic Beasts, Olivia Lomenech Gill

[borda1]https://cdn.potterish.com/wp-content/2018/02/07161811/AnimaisFant%C3%A1sticos_Capa_Borda1.jpg[meio]Amongst piles of new editions that add nothing more than money to publishers’ pockets and weight to fans’ shelves, the illustrated version of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them arises. However, a quick flip through the first pages is enough to make the reader feel as if the book was taken from a Hogwarts Library shelf. Simple but meticulous, British illustrator Olivia Lomenech Gill’s style is perfect for the bestiary published in 2001 by J.K. Rowling, whose profits are donated to Comic Relief and Lumos, NGOs that care for vulnerable children around the world.

In interview by email, Olivia revealed to POTTERISH the making of illustrating Fantastic Beasts. Read it on!