Winter Woodlands
update - after getting feedback from another member of the group - I decided to shift the frozen pond to the other side of the river and leave the former location blank for text. I love that I can get this kind of honesty from the group. Now the adventure for our friends could also include finding the bridge to cross the river. Which version do you prefer?
Making this change was easy since I had set this up in layers. Another reminder as to why I love Adobe Illustrator so much!
So happy with how this double page spread for the Let’s Make Picture Books group turned out. It was a bumpy road and I actually scrapped the whole thing and started over. The theme for December was Winter Woodlands. Steph and Denise challenged us to really focus on the background this time.
back story - a new spin on the Jungle Book/Graveyard Book idea except in the Canadian Wilderness. Our kid is being raised by a Moose and a Goose. The kid desperately wants to go ice skating with the other kids but his "guardians/parents" are not too sure it's a good idea. Moose is much more sympathetic but Goose is having none of it. :)
closeup of left side. The kid reminds me of my son when he would be trying to convince me of something.
Here you can see better the skaters on the frozen pond. The big empty space in the valley is where the text would go.
closer still - so you can see Goose’s expression.
I’m sorry that the group will be ending in April so for the next four months I’m going to give it my all.