The way we craft stories

From this project I have learnt that there are many factors to consider when creating illustrations for a story.The layout of the illustration must be carefully considered so the illustration is both engaging,interesting and successful in telling that particular part of the story.I have also found that its important to balance the tone and pattern to make the illustration convincing.I have learnt how changing from long shots to close ups adds emphasise to important parts of the story and double page spreads are often used to display the main action of the story.

storytelling blog

My project is based on the grimms brothert fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel.my first two illustrations focus on the part of the story where Hansel and Gretel are lost in the woods and find the witches house(in my illustrations the house is an old fashioned sweet shop owned by the child eating old battle axe).My other illustrations show Hansel and Gretel stealing sweets and getting caught by the old lady(who owns the shop).

During this project I looked at the work of Oliver jeffers(in particular his book"The incredible book eating boy")and the way he lays out his illustrations.I looked at alot of Sara Fanelli's work to help with how I created background texture and pattern.I looked at alot of different illustrators work to help with the characterisation of Hansel and Gretel, in particular,Tim Biskupt and hennig Wagenbreth.Throughout the duration of the project I made general refrence to illustrators such as Jonny Hannah and 1960s illustrators/graphic designers.