Comments on: Illustrating a Children’s Story, Part 3

By: platypotamus

platypotamus — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:11:31 +0000

just popping in to say thanks for the series of posts. loving those thumbnails, too.

By: Nixnotz

Nixnotz — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:33:19 +0000

Great work !

By: K. Johanna Fritz

K. Johanna Fritz — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:16:59 +0000

Hey Dani,

I just took a look at you blog and wanted to tell you: it’s amazing. I watched the tutorial-videos and expecially liked the dragon-portrait and the xmas-cats. I felt like coloring some illustrations of mine by using the computer. And it worked out :)
By the way, I’m an illustrator from Germany and just linked your blog on mine (http://fritz-news.blogspot.com).

So I’d be glad to read more from you and about your illustrations.
Have a good one,
Johanna

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:20:24 +0000

Your biggest skill is in color, closely followed by line (in my opinion, anyway.) I suspect the image of the wolf by himself is going to have some fun colors going on =). I think that your layouts are supporting that strength, but I do have some suggestions.

The straw house really dwarfs the Big Bad Wolf. The balance of power in the story is towards the wolf at that point, but he isn’t visually dominant here (although I do enjoy the composition.) Maybe push the wolf closer to the camera, or take a different camera angle? I love the wolf’s design and the layout where the pig and the house are being blown down. I liked the pig’s pose in the rough, with his tail toward the viewer, better than the second. Tipped-over pigs are just fun. I really like the pig vignette with the “Ohmigosh, where’d my house go?” expression. Can’t wait to see these in color.

By: deb johnson

deb johnson — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:49:19 +0000

I love what you’re doing with the illustrating posts. I like the new style of pigs you’ve created…very nice. The thumbnails are detailed enough..lots of movement and expression. Great work, Dani…