I think the decorative backgrounds look better with a simple acrylic painting as the bold colours of the paint stand out more against the busy textured background.
My pen drawings, on the other hand, seem to get lost within the patterned background. Perhaps as they are quite intense with detail and use just one colour it's not as easy to fight against a background which is also quite busy - the eye isn't drawn to either the image or the background as there is too much going on within the page.
Collage
I like how the collage experiments turned out, and though I think children would enjoy the bold colouring and simple shapes, I would still prefer to have more detail in my illustrations.
Conclusion
Out of all the drawings I have done, I prefer just the plain acrylic paintings and the plain pen drawings.
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| Style example of what I would prefer to use in my illustrations... |
After careful consideration, I have decided to proceed in doing my illustrations with acrylic paint.
Using paint offers me the opportunity to create bright, colourful, images, as well as allowing me the scope to create a 'cute' softness to the animals using different brush techniques - perfect for catching the eye of both adults and children!
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