REDUCE
The thing I like most about working on picture books is trying to reduce the words and images down to a minimum. It has taken me a while to learn how easy is it is to fall in the trap of including elements that do not contribute to the telling of the story. I have found it quite liberating with this project removing everything that does not contribute to the experience of the tale.
While the words of the story often come first, to me it is interesting to try and tell the story with just images too, then you can remove words and/or parts of the images till the story is crystal clear. I'm not there yet with this story, but see part of the process below. Firstly a rough, drawn up in photoshop and then the handmade version.
The thing I like most about working on picture books is trying to reduce the words and images down to a minimum. It has taken me a while to learn how easy is it is to fall in the trap of including elements that do not contribute to the telling of the story. I have found it quite liberating with this project removing everything that does not contribute to the experience of the tale.
While the words of the story often come first, to me it is interesting to try and tell the story with just images too, then you can remove words and/or parts of the images till the story is crystal clear. I'm not there yet with this story, but see part of the process below. Firstly a rough, drawn up in photoshop and then the handmade version.
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