My pile of completed work so far did look impressive and I am proud of what I've managed to achieve so far. It is definitely the best work I've done yet (In my opinion) and is relevant to where I want to take this into children's book publishing. I just need to refine and show the best of my abilities, show dedication to the craft and a portfolio of different scenes/tones/characters.
Should I continue with the Sherlock FOLIO brief?
Mixed response - some saying to push my comfort zone and try to do it and others saying to move on and do something that is more beneficial to my practise.
I think that the brief was so close to being right for me, but the restrictions on it being a Folio competition made it awkward, such as having to have a very plain and patterned cover and the very rigid formal appearance of the brand.
SOLUTION: Removing Folio, but still making Book Illustrations
I've decided to abandon the brief. The idea of making images for an existing book was appealing to me, but the competition and the Folio brand is what ruined it for me. I'm going to make illustrations using models for existing classic books (probably for a child-middle grade audience) for MYSELF and MY OWN PORTFOLIO, not to please a company competition. I do hope that certain publishers or clients would find these attractive, but I need to be specific and aim for the ones I would want to work for in the future (Nosy Crow, Flying Eye).
Need to update timetable and action plan with these changes.
Here are a few of the books I would love to reimagine with physical models:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Wizard of Oz
Alice in Wonderland
More Poe stories
The Secret Garden
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
The Wind in the Willows
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