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| My "before" rough sketch for DaisyLocks interior spread |
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| My "after" illustration following comments from the publisher |
I wanted to show you part of my process when illustrating a picture book. I've already done my storyboards in Indesign and those have been revised and approved. Now I'm working on individual spreads. My rough is really loose. I've worked with
Sylvan Dell before so they understand my shorthand roughs and have a good idea of how I'll finish the artwork. Their comments were to have more emphasis on plants than animals. So I took out a scorpion in the middle ground and added more plants. Since I work in Painter I've isolated various images on different layers; like the plants, turtle, background, daisy blowing in the wind, etc. This way Sylvan Dell can easily pull out parts to use for their creative minds sections for teachers and home schoolers. Also, when illustrating I have to keep in mind where the type will be (in the lower left hand side of the spread) and that the book folds right down the middle, referred to as the gutter. Books are a lot like life, you don't want something important falling in the gutter.
One spread down, twelve more to go!
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| Wind blows daisy seed from a hot environment to the cold arctic. Do you think this will work for her? |
Make that two down, eleven to go.
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| Daisy's not ready to put down roots just yet. |
Three down, on to the next one.
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| Blowing around looking for just the right spot.... |
Four finished spreads! You can click on the images to see the full art.
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| This spot looks promising, but not quite right. Still looking.... |
Five spreads done. I always feel better when I'm past the halfway mark. Still have a way to go.
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| Wind blows Daisy to another possible new home... Could this be the place? Probably not. |
This is the last illustration I'll show for DaisyLocks for awhile. I'm currently going back and forth between two books for two different publishers with a third about to start. Not that I'm complaining, mind you, but it's summer in Colorado and I need to get out and play a bit. Thanks again for taking a look at my blog!
