Thesis proposal discussions

Look into pop-up research and book summaries

Finalized Percy Jackson proposal

Researched book summaries, key words

Studio day, but saw Rick in-person following Wednesday

Worked on some ideation, brainstorming thumbnails

Need to emphasize and work on character designs*

Created quick sketches of important characters/key visuals in each book

Still need to play with stylization; hydra blocky shapes are working

Character design*

Studio work day

Art Block; had trouble making character designs

More character designs: Books 3, 5

Composition sketches

Using shape to experiment on hydra and eagle

Develop the horse and other forms more

Finally did some refined character studies

Focused on Book 2 with the monsters Charybdis and Scylla

Boat research/study sketch

Book 2: Cover Rough

Played with graphic animals confined in limited space

Going for abstract, playing with shapes

GET TO WORK!!! MEDIA STUDIES

Like border with storytelling elements on sides

Started book covers 1 and 2 in Photoshop

Scanned some new textures + used old ones

Playing with shapes; have to finalize the animal poses and the imagery within borders

Created very rough motion sample for Book 2

Finishing up book 1

Created mockups and rough spreads to see what it will look like

Need to figure out colours for each book

Hellhound in book 4 looks like a rat - need to refine shapes