734 - Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 H.J. Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
But I tend to embellish them with a bit of drama that is not in the actual picture.Legislative Field Hearing on H.R. I also use them for technical accuracy, especially when it involves something like an actual naval ship, uniforms, and military craft. I look at those, because you do want to make sure that there are no misrepresentations of facts. Some of the images were sourced out of government archives that are in public domain to use. Most references I use do not have the right light source, so I make them work as if they all belonged in the same time and space. Then, when appropriate, I do most of the modeling (shadows, highlights, etc.) out of my head through sketches in black and white to get the feel for light direction in conjunction with the reference. I also take pictures of people I know and other random shots to stage or help me with the mood of illustrations. But they all relate in the final product. It’s like collecting ingredients for each of the spreads and thinking of them as a cake or a dish. Then, I start looking at video clips and images and take pictures of skies or other elements as I drive around. I typically spend a bit of time doing rough sketches based on how the elements flow on a page-shapes or “blobs” of imaginary elements. The book begins with the events of September 11 and the outpouring of emotion at Ground Zero, but when the beam leaves New York, the story follows the beam.ĭid you paint from actual photographs? How did you select the images you wanted to include? In choosing what to include and what to exclude, I stayed close to the beam and followed it on its transformative journey.
How tragedy could be recast as strength and hope. JN: What first drew me to this story was the idea of transformation. How did you winnow them down to the ones you explore in the book? How did you choose which ones to include and which ones to leave out? There are so many events in the life of this one beam. I was touched by the generosity of librarians and retired military who were willing to guide me in the right direction and answer my many questions, big and small.
I conducted phone interviews, read every news article I could get my hands on, watched countless news clips and videos, and was a frequent visitor to the ship’s website. JN: I knew almost nothing about forging steel or shipbuilding when I began researching this book. It is a testament to hope, rebuilding, and redemption. Never forget.” I believe the USS New York is more than a navy ship. The ship’s motto is “Strength forged through sacrifice. It is big like other navy ships, and it sails like other navy ships, but there is something different, something special about the USS New York.” I believe the USS New York is special, not only because of the seven and a half tons of steel in its bow but also because of the men and women who built and serve on the ship. JN: The first page of the book reads: “There is a ship, a navy ship. And from the beginning, I believed this was a story about transformation and hope. I knew I’d discovered a story I had to write. What struck me at the time, and has stayed with me ever since, was the feeling that something positive and powerful had emerged from a tragic event. I remember sitting in traffic being quietly amazed, surprised to learn steel from the World Trade Center towers had been used in the building of a navy ship. JN: I was driving my car, listening to the radio, when I heard a brief story about the USS New York. Janet, what was your inspiration for this book?
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