A fully illustrated version of “The Sorcerer’s Stone” is set to be released in October 2015. A handful of illustrations from award-winning UK illustrator Jim Kay, who has been tapped to illustrate the books, have just been made public.
New Harry Potter Illustrations
Hogwarts:
Harry Potter:
Hermoine:
Draco Malfoy:
Hagrid:
Ron Weasley- uninished:
Over the next few years, full-color illustrated versions of all seven books in J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series will be released, with Kay on board to illustrate them all.
On the blog of Alison Elred, the rep for Jim Kay, it says “The brief was to re-conceive the characters, architecture and landscapes based closely on the book rather than being influenced by the films. It’s been an exacting task as the films are so well produced but the result is a collection of totally original work which the reading public will be able to judge for themselves when the book is published in October 2015.”
The sketch of Harry Potter below is from Jim’s own website:
Jim Kay
images courtesy of Jim Kay/Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Quotes from the books about the characters courtesy of The Guardian