Aloha Michael,
Rebecca and I love your State! I also am writing and illustrating books. Ed
Petuch and I just finished "Rare and Unusual Shells of the Florida Keys, and
Adjacent Areas"
I have had to become a Photoshop expert to put together the plates
digitally, so this is very different from actual illustration. Our
arrangement is with the publisher.
Taking several thousand photos, travel, selecting about 400 and putting them
in plates takes about 3 to 4 months.
The hard part is proof-reading , checking, changing, etc. Today a small
error can destroy the credibility of a scientific book.
Best wishes,
Dennis Sargent
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From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Michael LaFosse
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 10:45 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Oliva miniacea & Abbott's "Seashells of the World"
question
Aloha Dennis,
Thank you for the quick reply, and thank you for the added information about
the "Oliva" gibbosa illustration: I did not know about that one.
Many of us love Abbott's little Golden Guide, "Seashells of the World", for
the enchanting, if that is the best word to use here, illustrations, which
were painted by George Sandstrom. I have long wondered what ever happened to
the originals, and I also wonder what Mr. Sandstrom would have been paid for
a project like that and how long it took him to prepare these 700+ painted
portraits of the shells for this mass-market book.
I am curious because I am an author, of origami books, and I illustrate all
of my books myself, with line art, which I prepare on a computer. I used to
use ink pens and mechanical drafting tools, which were much more time
consuming and so a book took many months more to complete. The pay, however,
was not based upon time spent. You would receive a flat fee, calculated to
fit the publisher's budget.
You are right: 50 years has produced a lot of change!
All the best.
Michael LaFosse
--- On Mon, 5/2/11, Dennis Sargent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Dennis Sargent <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Oliva miniacea & Abbott's "Seashells of the World"
question
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Monday, May 2, 2011, 10:05 AM
> Dear Michael,
>
> You are absolutely correct. "Seashells of the World", from the Golden
> nature guide series, 1962. Lists the Golden Mouthed Olive, which
> should be Oliva miniacea or erythrostoma ( an old synonym).
> Instead, Oliva sericea, a different species, is incorrectly listed as
> the taxon on page 89. Also Oliva gibbosa is not an Oliva, it is an
> Agaronia.
>
> Things were simpler in 1962 and very few people questioned the
> material in books by prominent authors.
> What a difference 50 years makes!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Dennis Sargent
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