Monday, 23 April 2012

Image Experiments Continued...

Pages 1 and 2 Continued...

Here I have developed some more illustrations that encompass the collage/decorative theme in which I have been experimenting in...

In the images below, I have tried to brighten up the pen drawings by using bright watercolour washes.




After looking at the work of illustrator Sara Fanelli - who works mostly in collage - it gave me a couple of ideas for my work to again take a different direction...

'First Flight'
Illustrated by Sara Fanelli
  
'Pinocchio'
Illustrated by Sara Fanelli


In the illustrations below, I have used collage to make the trees in the bottom image, but put my own stamp on this method by using my potato prints in the top image.
I have also used a 'quirky', decorative font, much in the same way that Sara Fanelli uses in her books.




I like how the collage experiments have turned out, and though I think children will enjoy the bold colouring and simple shapes, I would prefer to have more detail to my illustrations.

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