Marionette Thoughts

Here are two versions of my Marionette page. I had an idea! Maybe the text could be more music/song inspired. For example it could resemble a music sheet. Something to consider since it's about singing. That might be one way to have continuity with differing backgrounds in the story.

I also like the first marionette. His strings and pose are nice. What was concerning me was his lack of style. I was worried he looked naked even though he was made of wood. Maybe I could combine the two pages. The girl could be in the pose of the first marionette page.... 

I can also play around with a lighter colored background for the marionette. That way it will feel like its following a similar color palette as the Parrot image. 

Style

I am working on finding the right look for a children's book I am illustrating. This is part collage to give it texture. I love the font! The first letter is done in "Neo Retro Draw" font. I love it for this idea because it has negative space and reminds me of chalk drawing. 

"Catch Of The Night" in Book Form

This is a short video I took on my phone to show you the style of the book I made for, Catch of The Night. In case your new around here, this started as a story for my Children's Literature class from last year. I am in the process of turning this into an animation and consider this a draft. 

One of my goals for this has always been having the design start as an inverted line and transform to the opposite, just as the night turns to day within the story. Click here for past posts for this project from design to completion!

Also if your interested in book arts this is called an accordion style binding. The story is set on the roof of a tall house with a man fishing in the sky, therefor height was a big theme for him. This book style allowed me to work with that. For my animation I would like to channel this idea further maybe with a constant scroll movement, I'm not sure yet. 

 

Catch of the Night ©

During this semester I have been incredibly inspired by my Children's Literature class. In that class our final was to make a children's book. My story is called "Catch of the Night" and it was inspired by a story my mom told me when I asked her where babies come from. She told me there was a man on the roof who fished for stars in the night sky, that we all begin as baby stars and he delivered us to our parents, like the stork. This is the extended version. I am considering this to be a first draft. I plan to take a course on publishing children's books this summer and my goal is to get my story published and for it to be read to all the babies!!! I will post some photos of the construction of the book soon. As always feedback is welcome, everything can be enhanced for the better. 

Catch of the Night ©

During this semester I have been incredibly inspired by my Children's Literature class. In that class our final was to make a children's book. My story is called "Catch of the Night" and it was inspired by a story my mom told me when I asked her where babies come from. She told me there was a man on the roof who fished for stars in the night sky, that we all begin as baby stars and he delivered us to our parents, like the stork. This is the extended version. I am considering this to be a first draft. I plan to take a course on publishing children's books this summer and my goal is to get my story published and for it to be read to all the babies!!! I will post some photos of the construction of the book soon. As always feedback is welcome, everything can be enhanced for the better.