We began with the initial concept phase. My first step was to develop characters to tell a story with...
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| The first character sketch of Diesel (Originally named Danny) |
Once I had figured out my little dinos, I then had the task of developing a story for them! What would they do? Where would they go?? I decided to have them go on an adventure (who doesn't love an adventure!) and I also wanted them to explore as many different atmospheres as possible- island, desert, snowy mountains, forest.... I felt that this would give kids variety to keep them interested. And it's fun to color! All with the end goal of reaching their new home in Erie.
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| After the journey, they find Kansas! |
Along with the story and coloring pages, I also chose to include activity pages! I chose some of my favorites from when I was growing up.
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| Hand lettered word search |
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| A fun maze |
There are four activities total.
Next was selecting an image for the cover, I went over that process in my last post.
After that was the back page, recognizing the donors who helped with the cost of printing. Along with the Dorris family for their donations, and some general information about the park.
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| Back cover. |
2,000books will be printed at 5.5 x 8.5. They are at the printers right now!
This whole internship experience has really showed me that being an artist takes much much more than possessing the ability to be creative and put a pen on the page. It requires interpersonal skills, a commitment to fine details, a certain amount of managerial skills and EMAILS. So many emails. I truly feel that this entire internship experience has shaped me and really given me a taste of my future.. and I like it!
I will be back here in the spring with info about the brochure and rack card component of the internship.
