Picture Book

I had my digital print induction (major needing over the tech in there, mm!)

and I have booked in to print my book on the 18th January at 11am.

That means I have two weeks to make my picture book!

Time to get serious and get making.

Following the theme of spirituality at the peak of Michael's Mount, I'm trying to find a way to create the scene that is appropriate to the historical information and that is representative of this ethereal tone.

Had a little play with collage, always something I enjoy. I like the evergreen trees on the bottom right of the page, but they would need to be a lot darker and murkier. I would need to make several more and view them as a 'forest' in order to make a decision as to whether this suits the book. I'm not just making lone trees, I am rebuilding the woods - the reader has to feel lost in the expanse of woodland.

The previous model of the tower was really awfully crafted and very scruffy, but it was loads of fun and had a great, majestic feel to it (being REAL and PHYSICAL, not just a piece of paper).

So this time I am planning it and working out exactly how it will glue together so that I can craft it much more carefully.

If I had more time before the deadline, it would be awesome to go to the 3D workshops and make the tower out of wood or metal. I need to focus on making pictures and the story for now, so I will stick to simpler methods that I can do myself this time.

Ink! I thought I was awful at ink and I always rush it. I naturally draw quite fast with lots of energy, but working with ink is forcing me to slow down which I think is helping me to create a dark and eerie scene. I really like the darkness and cold chill that the ink achieves, but I would like to keep working with it because I've not got my hand steady enough yet. I need to practise more to get precision and neat shapes.