Continuing on from the previous projects involving 'The Blue Pet' where we had to produce pages for a
baby book and a
graphic novel. We then had to take what we'd learnt from these two and produce a sequence of images for a children's book. There were four single pages and one final double page spread. You were given the captions for each page
[as written below each image] and the character personalities:
Blue Pet: brave, optimistic, positive, outgoing, sunny disposition;
Dog; inquisitive, full of opinions, bit of a snob, and nosey;
Cat: kind, helpful, looks out for others, has a caring nature, puts others before him/ herself
From then on you pretty much had the freedom to illustrate the story how you liked including those specific details.
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| SINGLE PAGE 1: The runaway travelled on and met two new friends |
Although the main method of colouring these illustrations was through using a drawing tablet in photoshop I also included texture elements, where I sourced images for things like the wood used on the boat and the jetty in this image. I mean that my illustrations would be full of colour but also had real texture on certain elements. I worked hard to keep them on the same level as the flatter colours, and not make them look odd and stand out from the image too much.
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| SINGLE PAGE 2: They were excited to see a distant light |
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| SINGLE PAGE 3: They hatched a plan... |
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| SINGLE PAGE 4: There was a terrific noise! |
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| DPS: The thief escaped |
Mediums used: Line art was done on layout paper using pencil, and was then scanned into the computer.
The colouring was done in photoshop using a drawing tablet and a range of different paintbrushes. Some of which belong to
dommifox. I also used a range of textures which I sourced online for things like the map, rocks, and temple wall.
