He explained that he starts every children's book with lots and lots of simple messy sketches of his subject, so that when he comes to create his character he's very familiar with it. He then cans some of these in and begins to experiment with them on photoshop.
With 'Shh we have a Plan', he forced himself to simplify his designs by then making them as paper cuts, which eventually formed the final designs once edited in photoshop.
He asked us to bring in a photo which had colours that we liked, as well as a story line and reference imagery. I bought in:
This is the photo I chose because I like the colours
I chose this as I felt like I could create a storyline inspired by it
These were my reference images
I created a short story about a fox trekking through a snowy forest until he finds a clearing and can see the stars. I did this illustration using gouache and a limited palette of colours.
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