Final Major Project: Research and Development

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

'Hedgehog Hibernates' (written and illustrated by Natalie Simonis)

Here are a few pictures of my completed book!

How To Print The Book....?

To get a professional look to my book I wanted to have it printed by a professional printing company.

I looked up some local printers and deduced who would be best to go with..

Print Companies

Cats Solutions
http://www.cats-solutions.co.uk/

Stroud Print
http://www.stroudprint.co.uk/

MLL Print
http://www.mllprint.co.uk/

In the end I chose to go with Cats Solutions.

To set up my illustrations so they were ready to be printed, I had to create a multi-page PDF file using InDesign.

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Page 18

Page 18 sees the Hedgehog's journey come to an end as he finally finds a place to hibernate in.

Here are a couple of sketches in which I've tried to capture the peaceful resting state of the Hedgehog.

For the final design of page 18, I've tried to capture the security a Hedgehog would feel in hibernation by using soft, warm colours.

Final design for Page 18

Page 17

Page 17 is about the Hare showing Hedgehog the way to a safe place to hibernate in. Here are some sketches of the Hare in action...

Below is my final design for Page 17.

Pages 15 and 16

Pages 15 and 16 introduce the Hare character...

The Hedgehog meets the Hare..

Using my sketches as a base, I have constructed a meeting between the Hedgehog and the Hare over the log.

Pages 15 and 16

Above is the first draft of pages 15 and 16. I like the appearance of a conversation between the Hedgehog and the Hare, but I'm not happy with the way the Hare rests on the log - I think he needs some feet...