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Childrens book illustrator lane smith of ct reveals his formula.
Lane Smith is an awarding winning children’s book author and illustrator. He was born August 25, 1959 in Tulsa, Oklahoma but spent most of his life growing up in Corona, California.
Smith studied art in college and earned a degree in fine arts.
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He spent time doing illustrations for Time, The New York Times, and Mother Jones before he dedicated all of his time to writing and illustrating children’s books. He is married to Molly Leach, who is a book designer and works with Smith and other authors on designing children’s books.
Most of Smith’s life, him and his family would vacation in Tulsa during the summer months. During that time he gained a lot of inspiration for the landscape and traveling alone Route 66.
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“My family would take the old Route 66 highway. I think that's where my bizarre sense of design comes from. Once you've seen a 100-foot cement buffalo on top of a donut-stand in the middle of nowhere, you're never the same” claims Smith