The brief I have chosen is:
3) Picture Book for Early Readers
and I will be illustrating the nursery rhyme Solomon Grundy.
Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday.
That was the end,
Of Solomon Grundy.
Research
Children's Book Covers
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These all feature the main character and usually capture the essence by choosing the most representative pose.
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I especially found some with grumpy characters as that is how I've characterised Solomon Grundy.
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Page Spreads by Guy Parker-Rees
Max Lang
My Work
Initial Thoughts
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Cover Thumbnails
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Cover Idea 1
Media and Style Experimentation
Instead of focusing on one artist, I wanted to loosen up my lines and capture the energy of children's book illustrations - like how the Grumpy Monkey cover is done an expressive manner.
Oil pastel with dry, coarse brush to blend. Black - chinagraph pencil
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Diluted acrylic with some blended oil pastel and colouring pencil on top. Both on watercolour paper
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Double Page Spread
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Thumbnails
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Reference Imagery
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Studies
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Double Spread
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Process
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Single Spread
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Cover
Cover Idea 2
Process
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Baby Grundy's future selves are within him - like how humans are born with both sets of teeth!