Workbook

Week One & Two:

Introduction to the Brief

Outline:

To visually enhance and support young readers experience and comprehension of a supplied text, and to engage with the demands and requirements of the "live brief" 

Story: 

Alice and Max

Characters: 

All the children are year 4 (8-9) all in mufti.
Max has autism. 

Max: Pakeha
Alice: Pacific
Chantelle: Maori
Amy: Pakeha, Red hair
Avery: European/Mediterranean look - Glasses
Louis: North African
Lau: Asian ( could be Vietnamese)
Mr Sandford: Maori - Mid 30's
Denise: (Office Lady): Pakeha, 40's

The School Journal:

http://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/Instructional-Series/School-Journal

Primary Research:

Tivaevae:

Children Book Examples:

Researching positions and poses:

Character design of Max and Alice:

Week Three & Four:

Sketches for interim & feedback from Simon:

Feedback:

Week 5 & 6:

Colour! and finalising layout and style :)


Final Product:


Note: After Printing I realised my added pedestrian crossing was hidden behind a layer (eeek) So it may not appear in my presentation but Its in my final submission:

In-design Layout:

I wanted to print out the booklet as well to see how it all fits together. This is a different style for me, but I really enjoyed the progress and end result.

Preparing for tomorrows presentation :)

Rationale:

The aim of this brief was to create five full colour illustrations that compliment the text for the short story "Max and Alice" written for the "School Journal" aimed at junior readers aged 7-8 years old. 

This paper really challenged me to go outside my comfort zone and stray from my usual Japanese inspired comic book style, which I quickly realised would not be fitting for this project. After reading the story and looking at what was required in each illustration I started thinking about what stylistic direction to head towards. I looked at a collection of Children's books and what the "School Journal" had previously published to get some inspiration and ideas. 

I decided to go in a bold, colourful direction and not exaggerate the characters too much but still have an element of a cartoon like style. I wanted to get my character design down first and started by sketching Max and Alice. I found creating mood-boards really helped me in doing so. 

Overall I really enjoyed this paper and I'm glad I tried something new. Next time I will look into different perspectives and angles to give it more depth and would probably benefit from taking some life drawing classes.  

- Danielle Langley

Presentation!