Florence Fox Goes to School
Story by Ben Whittacker-Cook, course manuscript for Nina Rycroft's excellent Picture Book Illustration Course, 2022.
Character design, manuscript interpretation, pagination, storyboarding, final illustration, book design, typesetting and great fun!
230 x 230 mm. Digital 'watercolour' and 'pen'.
To read about my journey on this course, head to Nina Rycroft's blog: The Art of Cher Hart: Sharing Her Illustration Journey ;)
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Page 10 and 11 as a spread
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Page 12 and 13 as a spread
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Character development - exploring eye shape and placement
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Character development - character map front and side views
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Thumbnails (on course worksheet)
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Storyboarding – development of thumbnails