Week 3 focused on the picture book's market! Hooray, my favorite! Easy-peasy, rainbows and sparkles, right? Well, I thought so too, so I decided to not work in my own style, but to try something different. To experiment. Well, I gave myself a run for my money, that's for sure. Our main assignment ended up being a spread or cover of the story The Snail and The Rose Tree by Hans Christian Andersen. Lilla wanted us to focus on expressive characters, color story, and hand drawn type --if we had time. I chose to do a spread. Mary Blair, one of my (and everyone's!) favorites was talked about a lot. I was thrilled.
I wanted to play with the following new-to-me elements:
- flat, graphic shapes
- "cute" large eyed characters
- negative space
- limited color palette (so hard for me!)
- no pencil lines
- retro details
Lilla provided us with vintage book covers for inspiration and I gathered my own as well:
