Book Illustration

Did my book illustration module this block. It was fun and truly an experience, I had always wanted to write and illustrate a book.

So for this module I decided to create a children book, mainly because of my style of illustration..
I ever had a friend told me that my illustration style is 'childish' So instead of feeling demoralized over it, I thought to myself

'Why don't I continue and brush up my illustrations for kids?'

:)

And this module just gave me to opportunity to do so and achieve my dream of creating a book!

It was hard work as the deadline was pretty tight (4 weeks to write, sketch, digitize, print and bind)

But here is the process and story!

 It started out with lots and lots of sketches. Initially I had a different story but I didn't have a good feeling about the plot and storyline so i scrapped the idea and came up with something much better.

After sketching, i vector my sketches. (I wanted to do digital painting but it is too time consuming so I decided to go with vector styled illustration)

 

After the painting process, I did test prints on normal A3 paper and checked my illustration for any problems like uneven colours or lines showing at places where it shouldn't be.

I even got a few person to check for grammatical errors and help me with my language!

 

The final spread is then printed on Maple Succo paper and trimmed to the exact size. 

 

I decided to try and do perfect binding on my own instead of paying a print shop to do it, my wonderful lecturer was patience as he taught me how to do it.

I had 5 layers of glue on the spine and my pages were thick!
(I have never taken pre press or publication modules previously unlike my classmates so this whole process was very new to me)

Then I did my own hardcover and I was very happy with the end product!
I created a hard cover children book with thick pages! Yup, it is meant for very very young children.

I even created a sleeve to package my book so it looks more presentable during submission.

Here are photos of the story :)

Bunny Invasion

Here is one of my recent works which I did in school for my digital illustration module. 

It started of with a sketch of course. 

But i decided to make some changes later on as i draw it digitally. 

Sorry I haven't been updating my blog much, alot happened in 2012.

But hey its 2013 now! And I sense that it would be a good year ahead, I have some plans and projects that I hope to accomplish this year which I am sure you might be interested in.

I would remind myself to update more regularly too as one of my new year resolution, so stay tuned :)

Here are some works which I did in 2012, I got into Illustration major and we have been learning expressive and digital illustration.

Lastly, here is a picture of my corgi barney. This derpy little fella is the source of my inspiration.
You can stalk me on Instagram @muffinsaurs for more regular photo updates
Have a blessed 2013!