fanny adams narrative

this is a project i have previously posted about, however with time constraints and conflicting deadlines the final resolve failed to meet expectations. Fortunately with time and some freedom to further research and develop the narrative, i am now at a point where the story is taking shape. these are initial roughs for the progression of the narrative, being that i am primarily enthused by image making it is somewhere between a children's book and a graphic novel. The main intention is try and tell the tale in images rather than dialogue, using subtle references to draw attention to certain motives.

they were sketched at a6 so the whole page layout was considered, although they are quite rough it gives a good outline of the story and how the plot progresses- they read left to right. 

pub sign development

this project has been in work for some time going through countless altercations but i think it is close to finished, i have been saying this for a little while but a change in the colouring process has made it seem all the more final.

 when i was water colouring and layering inks over the top the more organic subjects benefited, it complemented the textures of fur and the natural world in general. However the more graphic elements looked little more than a mess, getting a solid fill with water colour is something of a difficult task best left for the digital, and yet

 when i was applying solid fills of digital colour to the more graphic elements the whole image looked disjointed, fortunately after a bit of experimenting and tutor advice i decided to combine the two techniques- watercolour swatches and digital fills to give solid colour some texture. the end result is below and looks the most final of all the various outcomes i have produced for this brief.

this rather scruffy page is the swatch that has been repurposed all over the above image, any digital colouring was layered with an amount of water colour texture. It softens the otherwise quite heavy and dull digital colour that comes with a solid fill of digital colour.