Double-page spreads
You can tell a story with one image. However, it is particularly satisfying to fill up the page and watch it spill over onto the other page… and another, and another.
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Project: The Missing Pig
Pages: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8
Year: 2024
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“Sometimes The Pig was missing out on all the fun…” - final double page spread
“Often it would miss the point…” -color sketch
“… but it can improvise without missing a beat!” - color sketch
“Always misses the other sock.” - color sketch
“One time it missed its flight.” - color sketch
“Sometime it discovers its books are missing pages” - color sketch
Missing the point of the Olympics
Canoe sprint
Breaking
Fencing
Missing the Halloween by one day...
"Sorry mate, we need to make space for Christmas already"
Concocting a potion in it's cauldron...
Only to discover has already been using it to batch-cook pierogi for Christmas.
How an idea comes to life…
…from real life examples studies through character concept sketches to line and value compositions. The story is emerging from a bundle of lines and paint splashes.
STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS