Possible Project Idea No.1

Childrens Book Illustrations

An increasing interest in illustration gave me an idea of producing a childrens book based on my own childhood made up stories about a little girl called Pebbles. I wanted to combine the styles and techniques of traditional illustrations with more contemporary works. I have been looking at the work of Beatrix Potter, Quentin Blake, Maurice Sendak, Dave McKean and Rachel Goodyear. I also went to see the Treasures collection at Manchester Central Library. This contained a small collection of classical illustrations of religious scenes, flowers, Christmas scenes etc. I particularly liked the decorative lettering of these prints and created my own decorative alphabet which could be used in my designs.