There was just something missing from my scenes. They seemed unfinished, awaiting the magic to make them POP. I'd tried incorporating drawn elements before with white line drawings but the images got so crowded and the two mediums clashed.
It wasn't until I was scrutinising those trials that I realised I hadn't tried adding drawn foliage in any other method than that linework. The linework was too busy but that doesn't mean that drawings won't fit! I just needed to make drawings that wouldn't be too chaotic next to the bright scenes.
The answer was bigger, blockier, chunkier flowers. I used my Stabilo Woody pencil crayons to draw them up on big pieces of paper. To be compatible with the abstract scenes I made, these drawings needed to be robust and bold, unlike the flimsy, sketchy linework of the previous attempt.
Adding these has given the images that little extra pizzazz to make them really Roald Dahl-esque outrageous. Reality v.s. fantasy and a photograph turned into an illustration.
Helped to make a secure bond between the three illustrations to tie them together as a 'series'. They do look like they go together because there is this thread of the same drawings running through them.
Colours for each scene suits the tone of the story and brings out the colour palette on each image. They look so much better now and loads more exciting! I'm so happy with them, they look unlike anything published for Dahl before but they are obviously informed by his work. I really like how the chunky pencils work with the photos, I want to try this technique again. Makes them so bright and crazy!
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