A Comet’s Tale: Concept Board Books
Since joining Let’s Make Picture Books (https://www.letsmakepicturebooks.com/) I have learned way more than I expected. We all know there is a lot of free content out there, which is why I was reluctant to join a paid membership group. I am so glad that I did. I hope it never ends.
In August, our theme was The Universe, and the challenge was to thumbnail an entire concept board book. A concept board book is aimed at 0-3 years. Meant to introduce babies and toddlers to concepts such as counting, ABC’s, etc.
I started thumbnails for a story explaining how the sun gives off so much heat, that as a comet gets closer, its “tail” grows because of the gas and ice and dust “melting” off of it. It’s called A Comet’s Tale. Here are some of the sketches and some finals that have made it to my portfolio. I would love to develop this further at some point.
Zoomin past Uranus…tail is just starting to grow.
Uranus is happy to see his friend off on his orbit around the sun
High Five with Jupiter, tail is getting much longer now
Out little comet has made it to the sun, zoomin round with a very long tail, and is heading back home to the Kuiper Belt.
rough thumbnails of the entire story
colour roughs - it’s so helpful to have the color palette decided before moving to final.
First ideas coming together. (I’ve since changed my logo)
