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| "Hay
Mounds" card from the "Pika..." book by JRJ |
HOMEWORK:
produce
a greeting card
Mo Willems
weekly format
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Last
time we talked about two preparatory forms: the script and the story
board as the foundation or base structure for the book illustration.
Rough thumbnail sketches provide symmetry and flow. keeping us on
track as we put the entire book together. After the initial idea,
the story board is the most important element in writing a book.
It can serve as the guide book, much as the "bible" so
called in soap operas is used to keep the pieces coherent and the
company on track. It might be referred to as a continuity tool.
A more
simple approach, might be to select a series of 3 x 5 cards - write
scenes on one side and draw thumbnail concept images on the other.
The cards may be displayed with either side up, re-collated and
assembled to vary the story as the whim reaches you. A chosen sequence
may be scanned together or photographed digitally to create a possible
storyboard.
As
mentioned before: Images are a big part of children's books, whether
written or drawn, they paint the pictures we see when we read the
books and influence how the story is accepted or remembered. Whether
we choose picture book or story book, the job of the illustrator
is integral. Remember that we are telling two stories, one with
words and word pictures and one with actual pictures, designed to
stand alone apart from the writing to convey almost the same story
as the words, but designed to augment and enhance the experience
of the word pictures. Neither should be dominant, as far as we are
able to control such things.
Every
week we will follow the same format. We will look at the homework,
discuss class samples, draw in class, discuss next week's homework
and end the class with a critique tag game. |
