Yesterday I spoke to Jonny about my work. He gave me some helpful advice, some of which have slightly changed the direction of my work. Below are some of the points mentioned:
- Use of flat colour with texture is working well as it creates a nice contrast. I will be continuing with this technique
- Too much extra space in my images, Jonny suggested I compress some of these to make them busier and more interesting rather than letting the eye wonder
He also showed me a book called Bedtime Tales for Sleepless Nights by Jake & Dinos Chapman in which the layout is much more simple than most current illustrated storybooks. It is unusual in that it
features a page of short, concise text about a paragraph long, complemented by a single illustration on the next page.
At the beginning I wanted to design it to look like the contemporary children's book but in actual fact, I quite prefer this idea as I want
my images to be the main focus, as well as because
paintings would probably work better in this format. The
large text is quirky and fun to read, and the whole concept of the book is
reminiscent of early fairy tale books - seeing as that is one feature I want to bring into my images, this direction would be in keeping with that theme. My final idea will kind of be like
a slightly more modern version of an old fairy tale book.
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| Bedtime Tales & Sleepless Nights, page 1 |
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| "Bedtime Tales & Sleepless Nights" by Jake & Dinos Chapman |
I then went to look at some old fairy tale and myth books for some potential ideas of how mine could be laid out.
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| The Serpent with Eight Heads, Japanese Myth |
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| Edmund Dulac Book of Fairytales |
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| Bluebeard by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas |
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