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Scott Gustafson is an American illustrator based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. His career has spanned over twenty-five years, and during it, he has worked as a freelance cartoonist and contributed illustrations to various magazines and children’s books. During the later years of his career, he wanted to write a story lengthier than a thirty-two page children’s book. In August 2011, his only novel ''Eddie: The Lost Youth of Edgar Allan Poe'' was published. His art style is inspired by the Golden Age of American Illustration. Due to this, his work has a fairytale-like appearance and many of his illustrations feature fantastical and Biblical characters and settings. ==Personal life== Gustafson was born and raised in Marengo, Illinois. He enjoyed drawing as a child and his dream was to become an artist. During high school, the works of Walt Disney and the Warner Brothers inspired him to pursue a career in animation. He attended college at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. While he was there, he focused on animation classes and only took one illustration class. The school experienced internal troubles and had to close down. This caused Gustafson to transfer to Columbia College Chicago. He continued his pursuit of animation but started to consider a career in children’s books when he took a children’s book illustration class. Gustafson is married and has a son. He works at home with his wife, Patty. She handles the computer and digital aspects of their business, while he works in his studio. Due to this, he has stated that he is computer illiterate. In an interview with “Insights from Illinois Authors,” Gustafson stated that he started out using gouache, acrylics, and watercolor for his works. He mainly relied on acrylics, however, because they dried quickly, enabling him to meet deadlines. When he began work on his first trade book, ''The Night Before Christmas'' by Clement Clarke Moore, he started to use oils due to having a more relaxed deadline. Once he learned how to use oils more effectively and mix Liquin with them, they became his preferred medium to work in. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scott Gustafson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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