MEET BRIANNE
This
questionnaire goes back to a popular parlor game in the early 1900s.
Marcel Proust filled it out twice. Some of our questions were altered
from the original to gain more insight into the hearts and minds of
our illustrators. We hope you enjoy this way of getting to know
everybody.
1.
Your present state of mind?
Kind of sleepy, actually.
2.
What do you do best?
Draw expressive characters with odd noses.
3.
Where would you like to live?
Near
friends in a tiny house on the beach.
4.
Your favorite color?
Lavender. And also gray.
5.
Three of your own illustrations:
6.
Your music?
I’m
currently listening to the Charlie Brown Christmas album. It doesn’t
even need to be Christmas to enjoy this thing, turns out.
7.
Your biggest achievement?
My
first picture book, because it opened a door to a lovely career and
meeting my closest amazing soulmate friends.
8.
Your biggest mistake?
Equating
busyness with progress.
9.
Your favorite children's book when you were a child?
Sneeches,
by Dr. Seuss.
10.
Your main character trait?
Playfulness.
But in, like, a badass way.
11.
What do you appreciate most in a friend?
A
great, loud sense of humor and a knack for comfortable silences.
12.
What mistakes are you most willing to forgive?
The ones for which you’re asked forgiveness.
13.
Your favorite children's book hero?
Matilda.
What a badass.
14.
What moves you forward?
A willingness to fail big.
15.
What holds you back?
Facebook.
16.
Your dream of happiness?
Being
present. Another version involves swimming in Lake Michigan with
someone I love and also there’s pie.
17.
The painter/illustrator you admire most?
Quentin Blake? That is a tough question. This could be a 400-person list.
18.
What super power would you like to have?
Teleportation
19.
Your motto?
We
Are No Longer Impostors And We’re Good At What We Do
20.
Your social media?
twitter:
@briannefarley
instagram:
@briannehfarley
