If you’re eager to get your hands on more Harry Potter Illustrated Editions, consider the new Beedle the Bard Illustrated Edition (released in 2018) or the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Illustrated Edition (released in 2017). Lots of images and ideas I plan don’t make the books usually because of time, so I’m very pleased to have some extra time.” In a separate post he said that the longer time frame allows “for some well needed breathing room to really plan this and not rush the illustrations. I want to hide lots of Easter eggs in Goblet, a luxury usually because it takes a lot of planning.” Kay has illustrated five Harry Potter books, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which was published in 2015. “I’m REALLY enjoying having more time on the Goblet of Fire than previous books,” he wrote in 2017, “so hopefully there will be more to see in the fourth Potter book when it hits the shops in 2019, and I’m having great fun planning it. Artist Jim Kay, who has been bringing the wizarding world to life through Bloomsbury’s Harry Potter illustrated editions, has announced he will be stepping down from the role to focus on his mental health. Kay had added that the wait for the Goblet of Fire Illustrated Edition was going to be worth it. Early on in its development, Kay said that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Illustrated Edition would not be released in 2018, as many expected, due to the amount of work involved in illustrating the second-longest book in Rowling’s series.
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