The first step I took in creating the illustrations for the book, was to sketch the main character. The main character was a baby girl snail named Tilly. I sketched out quite a few versions of a baby snail until I found one that I liked the best. I wanted her to have cute features and I wanted to keep the drawing fairly simple so that I could sketch her easily and consistently throughout the book. Here are just two of my first rejected attempts:
And the final:
I felt this design worked the best and was the cutest of the bunch. Once the sketch of the main character was chosen, I moved on to the next step.
No comments:
Post a Comment