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Collection of photos and inspiration for the project.

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My family celebrates Onam every year. These are some of things we usually do/ memories.

Mum and grandmother cooking

Spending most of the day with your family

Visiting your family

Making pookalam

Eating Onam Sadhya

playing games with your family

playing tug of war with your family

Watching fireworks

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I quickly planned out my spreads and felt it was important to start working on the final pages. Taking into account the feedback from the Unit 9 assessment, I chose not to focus too much on the layout upfront. Instead, I started creating the spreads without overthinking, allowing myself to edit and adjust as I went along. I wanted to experiment with this more spontaneous approach in this unit.

However, looking back now, I believe this might be why my spreads weren’t as interesting as they could have been, I didn’t dedicate enough time to carefully planning and refining the layout.

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Character Design Tutorial and Tips by Bioongi - Make better art | CLIP STUDIO TIPS

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Hello everyone! My name Bio and today I’m going to do a beginners tutorial to introduce you to the basics of character design.I’ll also give you some…

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I'm thinking of going into teaching so I'm going to apply for PGCE course.

However, I want to create a website for myself to pursue freelance illustration projects alongside continuing my personal creative endeavors.

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Onam is a big festival celebrated in the south Indian state of Kerala. Widespread celebrations go on throughout the months of August and September. For 10 days within those months, a grand harvest festival is held in which more precise…

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about page + photo

all things i left behind project

cicada books project

unit10

y2 mica project

y2pecham levels

Professional works

work for warbox creative

procreate housing work

napkin competition

tate christmas card

personal work

show pencil drawings

sketchbook pages

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What is your personal feeling about this practitioner?

Mr. Bingo’s website reveals that he is a practitioner who has moved away from creating work that holds no personal meaning for him. Instead, he focuses on producing the work

What type of practitioner are they?

Mr Bingo uses humour in his work. He mostly does prints and does self -initiated projects.

Someone who creates work for themselves and what makes them happy and sell it.

Rapper / speaker

What impression does the website give?

Tells you that the content he produces is unserious. It also tells us of his sense of humour.

What type of work do they do?

Mainly illustration. Prints, books. Line art, digital illustrations, calligraphy

Who is their audience?

People who like dark humour, no nonsense humour.

What is good about their site?

I like how he’s asked a serious of questions and answered them. I think it’s a fun way of presenting information about oneself, your work and your personality.

Is there anything they could do to make it clearer?

I think things are pretty clear already.

How could you contact them?

Instagram DMs and email

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Mr Bingo likes drawing things and rapping and this is a website of some stuff that he's done.

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Individual program of study

Personal Archive

Portfolio

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research, development, experimentation, reflection, engagement with workshops, talks, seminars, tutorials, self-led study and fieldwork.

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autonomy, coherency, proactivity, methodology, contextualisation

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Reflexivity, autonomy, proactivity, agility, self-efficacy, storytelling, communication, connectivity, criticality

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Still need to add a lot of research

You can add what you want to do in the degree show on your archive

Degree show is not graded

The degree show is separate to the IPS

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Traditional Art Portfolio Website in Black Blue Ivory Dark Experimental Style

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I thoroughly enjoyed working on the brief for Cicada Books, particularly illustrating non-fiction content that informs and engages the audience. Inspired by that experience, I have decided to focus on creating a non-fiction book about Onam for Unit 10. This festival is celebrated by people of all communities in Kerala.

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Visit libraries to explore books for research and inspiration.

Study illustrators who specialise in non-fiction picture books.

Research publishing agencies to understand submission processes and opportunities.

Focus on storyboarding to plan the visual narrative.

Develop and refine the written content for the book.

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What is your personal feeling about this practitioner?

Celine's website reveals her passion for working with vibrant colours and showcases her distinct, stylised approach to design. Her style embraces a bold, maximalist aesthetic.

What type of practitioner are they?

Celine is an artist who explores emotions and feelings through her work, often portraying them with characters designed in bright, simple, and concise line work. Her style captures a sense of childlike cuteness, blending playful charm with emotional depth.

What impression does the website give?

It conveys her love for colour while also highlighting the mediums she works in and the types of projects she undertakes.

What type of work do they do?

She primarily works digitally, focusing on prints, advertising, and storybooks. She also occasionally creates murals and designs for surface patterns.

Who is their audience?

Celine Ka Wing Lau's work appeals to individuals who enjoy bright, maximalist designs and charming, childlike styles. Her audience includes children, lovers of playful aesthetics, and companies seeking to create fun and engaging advertisements.

What is good about their site?

Her style is clearly showcased on her website, with all her work reflecting the same consistent aesthetic. This alignment ensures her branding is cohesive, which helps build trust with clients. Additionally, her website provides a clear display of all the projects she has worked on.

Is there anything they could do to make it clearer?

Their about page and homepage are designed as illustrations seamlessly integrated with the surrounding artwork. While visually appealing, I initially didn’t realise that clicking on the illustration would take me to different sections. Simplifying the design by removing the surrounding illustrations could make navigation clearer.

How could you contact them?

Email and Instagram DMs

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Lena Yokoyama is a Japanese/Austrian illustrator and printmaker based in London. She is represented by Grand Matter.

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What is your personal feeling about this practitioner?

The Bon Ton website demonstrates a straightforward and concise design approach.

On first glance what type of practitioner are they?

They do graphic design.

What impression does the website give?

Very simple but informative. Tells you what they do and the people they've worked with and their contact details.

What type of work do they do?

Mainly graphic design and typography. A lot print stuff. Art direction and branding.

Who is their audience?

Ideal for those seeking simple, elegant, and chic designs, with a bit of playfulness.

What is good about their site?

Simple and straight to the point.

Is there anything they could do to make it clearer?

A bit of their personality can be shown on their website

How could you contact them?

Instagram and email

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The Bon Ton is a London-based design studio co-founded by Amélie Bonhomme and Amy Preston. The studio works across graphic design and art direction, specialising in bespoke typography and crafting unique solutions across print, digital and spatial design.

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The Bon Ton is a London-based design studio co-founded by Amélie Bonhomme and Amy Preston. The studio works across graphic design and art direction, specialising in bespoke typography and crafting unique solutions across print, digital and spatial design.

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Los Angeles native and New York based visual artist, Kehinde Wiley has firmly situated himself within art history’s portrait painting tradition. As a contemporary descendent of a long line of portraitists, including Reynolds, Gainsborough, Titian, Ingres, among others, Wiley, engages the signs and visual rhetoric of the heroic, powerful, majestic and the sublime in his representation of urban, Black and Brown men found throughout the world.

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Lubna Chowdhary subverts the traditional context and utility of her chosen medium, clay, to address a longstanding preoccupation with urbanisation and material culture. Sculptural objects, and spatial installations, constitute a distinctive oeuvre that bridges the disciplines of architecture, craft, design, sculpture and painting. Through experiments in aesthetic hybridity, Chowdhary works with diverse references, to negotiate cross-cultural narratives of modernity.

Lubna Chowdhary received her BA from Manchester Metropolitan University in 1988, and MA from the Royal College of Art, London, in 1991. She received The Sir Eduardo Paolozzi Travel Award in 1990 and has since received three Arts Council England Awards.

Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, most recently at Hayward Gallery London, MIMA, Peer London, Frieze London, SCVA Norwich, M+ Hong Kong, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jameel Arts Centre Dubai, ICA Milano, Kochi Biennale and Manchester Art Gallery.

Public collections that hold Chowdhary's work include, The Government Art Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Jameel Arts Centre - Dubai, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art - New Delhi, Leicester City Museum, M+ Museum - Hong Kong, Mead Gallery - Warwick, Nottingham Castle Museum, Oldham Art Gallery, Poole Museum, SCVA Norwich and Ishara Foundation Dubai.

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Lubna Chowdhary subverts the traditional context and utility of her chosen medium, clay, to address a longstanding preoccupation with urbanisation and material culture. Sculptural objects, and spatial installations, constitute a distinctive oeuvre that bridges the disciplines of architecture, craft, design, sculpture and painting.

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The official site of Christian Robinson, Maker of things, friend to simplicity.

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figure out what character looks like first. 

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Christos Kourtoglou | Christos Kourtoglou | Illustrator / Graphic Designer

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Christos Kourtoglou | Illustrated children books

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Christos Kourtoglou | Illustrated children books. A selection of my latest picturebooks. Watch a sample of my latest work with the most powerfull pictures.

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One of the feedback/advise i got for the upcoming project which I'm going to implement into Unit 10 is;

"Try to plan/research alongside the making, flipping back and forth - it doesn’t need to be such a separate process. Your plan is clear but there’s no reason that you can’t start making images and versions right away as you’re developing a story, because making it is also how you work out what works and what doesn’t. If you have 3 weeks at the end to make your book you’ll run into problems or things you want to improve. Start making it in the first week, then make it better."

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what do i want to include ?

what am i trying to teach ?

is this is non fiction or fiction book?

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onam dance

tug of war

other games

onam lamp

fireworks

onam clothes

onam flowers

onam patterns

onam aesthetic / colour palette

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How to Write a Nonfiction Picture Book • Laura Purdie Salas

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Step 1: Choose a Topic I’m going to flat out assume that over the past year, you’ve read at least 100 new (published in past three years) nonfiction picture books. If you haven’t, stop right here and start putting books on hold at your library. This info will be here waiting for you when you […]

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After my illustration degree I'm thinking of doing a teaching degree. I'm thinking of teaching art at secondary school level but I'm still not sure. During this term I will be attending events to do with teaching. I will also try to do placements in school to have some sort of experience.

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In terms of illustration, I plan to continue drawing for fun and working on personal projects. Although I’m venturing into teaching, I also intend to improve my art style by experimenting, studying, and researching more about character design, settings, and plot creation.

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Although my dream job is to be an illustrator mainly picture books, i'm aware that it is a highly competitive field and the income may not be stable. To be able to live the lifestyle i want i think having a stable income is important to me.

I've always had teaching in the back of my head as i enjoyed sharing my knowledge and helping others.

growing up i knew i wanted to something creative with my life but school only provided me with the option of fine arts. i knew i definitely did’nt want to a fine art degree. when i become a art teacher i aim to help students realise the wide array of things they can do.

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Going to the teaching event was very helpful and informative. I got loads of tips on the applying stage, interview process and what teaching is like. I also had the opportunity to sign up to get a teaching advisor who I can talk to for more information and help for the whole process.

Notes:

Try to get experience in the classroom, if not write down you're are arranging your experience and make sure to follow through with your plan. This helps with the interview more than the application. You can also talk about classroom intentions if you don't have the experience yet.

Teacher training can be tough so try to apply for school\uni close to you.

You apply through the Department for Education.

Personal Statement Tips:

1000 words, do not write unnecessary words.

Statement should be about what you can bring not what you can gain.

For primary school:

Find some really good reasons why you want to teach in primary schools not generic responses like you want to make difference early on.

You need to show your love and passion for learning.

Look at National curriculum

Tell them of your hobbies and how the children can benefit from that for example. If you like to read, research and go to libraries to find out really good book to read to children. They like this kind of stuff.

Let them see and know your passion for teaching a wide range of subjects

For secondary:

Why do you want to teach art?

Why is it important/ why should children be taught it?

Share your love for the subject

What do the student gain from learning the arts?

Look at national curriculum and objectives for KS3 & 4

Is there any artists or designers that you really love.

Presume they don't know anything.

What to include:

Teaching children of all abilities

Inclusion

student well being

building confidence and self esteem

creating a positive learning environment

support the development of thinking and problem solving skills

Think about Transferable skills:

What is your degree in. What do you love about it and what transferable skills have you gained from it.

Pick out yours strengths and interests.

Interview:

Primary school - know your books

Be prepared to talk about their ethos and values. Schools/uni like hearing good things about them.

Know the national curriculum well

Always include learning objectives

Include a time plan for the lesson

Include some key vocabulary

Include Key Questions - because children don’t like to think of questions sometimes.

There might be National Skills test to test out your spelling and grammar. sometimes school make you do this in the interview stage. and sometimes make you take the year 6 sats.

sometimes schools want you to make a lesson plan.

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My name is Aileen, and I’m a British Indian illustrator based in Nottingham. I specialise in the vibrant medium of coloured pencils, exploring themes of culture and heritage through storytelling. I have a deep love for bold, bright colours and enjoy experimenting with various techniques to push the creative possibilities of my work. Through my illustrations, I aim to celebrate tradition, identity, and the rich narratives that color can bring to life.

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primary school

constalty need to ask them questons to make sure they arer paying attention. constant prasies for getting the questions right.

teacher knew exactly when to be soft vs strict.

simple and clear language

going around making sure they understand.

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7 until 9 still requre beahviour mangement.

still constantly making sure studeents pay attention. asking questions constantly throughtout the process. asking them qustions. why? how ? constalty making sure they understand.

year 10 and plus require less focusing. more spealist advice on their project. making sure they will get their work done on time.

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Basic Cartoon Proportions I put together the following tips for another artist and thought I'd share it with all. Most of this is pretty basic stuff, but you might find it interesting. The main element of measurement is the head. Once you've drawn that, everything else follows. The older the character, the more "heads" tall they are. Teens are about the same proportions as adults. Maybe they are a bit thinner or the *eye-level line is lower. (*Eye-level line is a horizontal guideline drawn on the face to indicate the placement of the eyes. On younger characters, the line is at or below the middle of the face. For older characters, the line moves up to above the middle.) Proportions should remain consistent for each character throughout a comic or publication. Just use the head size to determine the size of the body and limbs for each character.

You also need to establish relative sizes between each character, i.e., Adults are one head taller than a ten-year-old, almost two heads taller than a six-year-old, etc. It's helpful to do a character sheet with all your characters on the same page to show comparative sizes. Of course, a lot of these proportions are relative. For example, lots of cute kids in cartoons are three heads tall. This gives them almost a "toddler" look-big head, small body.

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Basic Cartoon Proportions I put together the following tips for another artist and thought I'd share it with all. Most of this is pretty basic stuff, but you might find it interesting. The main element of measurement is the head. Once you've drawn that, everything else follows.

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Onam is a harvest festival, marking the end of the monsoon and the arrival of the harvest season, signifying joy and prosperity.

It is also about King Mahabali, a kind and just ruler who brought joy and equality to his kingdom. His growing power worried the gods, so Lord Vishnu, in the form of Vamana, sent him to the netherworld. However, Mahabali was blessed with the opportunity to visit his people once a year, a visit celebrated as Onam in Kerala.

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Onam is celebrated annually in the Malayalam month of Chingam, which usually falls between August and September in the Gregorian calendar.

How long is it celebrated?

The Onam festival typically lasts for 10 days, starting with the day of Atham and culminating in the grand celebration of Thiruvonam. In some traditions, the festivities may extend to a total of 13 days, including post-Thiruvonam rituals and celebrations.

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Onam is celebrated to honor the return of King Mahabali, a beloved ruler in Hindu mythology. It also marks the harvest festival of the year.

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Onam is predominantly celebrated in the south Indian state of Kerala, where it is considered the state’s most important festival. While the main celebrations occur in Kerala, Malayali communities around the world also observe Onam with traditional rituals, feasts, and cultural events.

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Making pookalam

Thiruvathirakali (dance)

Eating Onam Sadhya

Watching kathakali (classical Indian dance-drama)

Vallam Kali (boat race)

pulikali (tiger dance)

Elephant Processions

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Thiruvathira Kali, Traditional Dance of Kerala

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Since La Paz Group started working in Kerala last year, we have been in learning mode, especially with regard to cultural traditions. Dance is an essential part of Kerala’s cultural fabric. T…

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Getty Images UK. Find high resolution royalty-free images, editorial stock photos, vector art, video footage clips and stock music licensing at the richest image search photo library online.

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Oliver Jeffers is a visual artist and author known for his expertise in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance, and sculpture.

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show process

rituals

eg drinking tea and putting out light and putting on the table lamp.

show table set up before and after drawing.

show drawing processes sketch vs final

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Emma Carpenter Illustration, Editorial & Book Illustrator

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Hand drawn illustration and digital collage. My work is a mixture of observations of real life, with an element of fantasy thrown in for good measure.

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During this tutorial, Jen recommended that I try creating the book within a few days. I started working on it but didn’t manage to finish. However, in the process, I realised some additional elements I wanted to include, such as a step-by-step guide on how to make a pookalam. I also worked out the layout for a few of the pages, which gave me a clearer vision for the project.

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To ensure my images were clear and maintained their quality, I printed out the first two spreads of my book.

However, some issues became apparent. I noticed that the white areas on the saree didn’t reproduce well, and the trees needed further editing to remove unwanted marks for a cleaner look.

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Because the white didn’t look good in print, I decided to paint it in Photoshop, which made a huge difference and significantly improved the quality. For the upcoming pages, I chose not to colour those areas white initially and instead left them blank so I could paint them digitally in Photoshop.

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I had to re-edit the boy’s face because it looked too patchy.

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After my tutorial with Nic, it became clear that I needed to add a font better suited to the theme of my book to bring more personality and fun to the design.

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I noticed that I needed to add more layers of grass here and also make adjustments to the top part of the grass for a better effect.

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Test printing was very useful because it allowed me to see how my drawings appeared when printed. This insight helped me adjust my technique for future work. To reduce editing time in my other drawings, I made sure there were fewer blank areas where the paper showed through by filling in most gaps. I also took care to remove any pencil marks before colouring.

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I went down to waterstones to look at some non fiction childrens book and there i found Lost and found in history by clara booth. i really liked her book. it was informative and colourful. i noticed how all the informartion was presented in a clear and communintive way. not too complicated. the type she used was both clear and suited her illustrations. the illustrations were also very clear and easy to understand. i really liked the way she lay things out. it was alwasy very intresting. i noticed how decorative each page was to the topic and content. reading and studying her book has given me inspriation on my own book and ideas on how i can present and showcase ideas along with text

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My tutorial with Nic was incredibly helpful. We discussed several key aspects of improving my book, including:

Working with InDesign to refine the overall structure and design.

Exploring typography to enhance readability and visual appeal.

Experimenting with layout pushing to make the pages more dynamic and engaging.

Planning for printing to ensure the final product meets professional standards.

Creating a consistent layout for cohesiveness throughout the book.

Adding borders to frame the content effectively.

Making the book feel more festive to better reflect the celebratory nature of the subject matter.

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Clara Booth is an illustrator working primarily with digital tools to create lively and painterly drawings, Clara enjoys exploring a wide range of themes with a particular interest in children’s books and education. | claraboothillustration.com

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Although my initial plan was to create a non-fiction storybook about the festival, I realised during the process of storyboarding and character design that my interests lay elsewhere. I felt more drawn to making a handbook that explains how to participate in the festival, rather than a traditional storybook.

While a storybook is a great format, a handbook made more sense to me because it allows for step-by-step guides on how to get involved and enjoy the festival. This shift in focus led me to create a completely non-fiction book, rather than a story-driven non-fiction book.

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During the group tutorial, the advice I received was to push my layout further to make it more visually interesting and to ensure that all the text is properly aligned for a clean, cohesive look.