The Making of The Littlest Texans Nursery Rhymes

Hillary Brindell VIST 405 FALL 2014

The making of:

The Littlest Texans Nursery Rhymes

overview

The Littlest Texans Nursery Rhymes Book is an adaptation of traditional children’s nursery rhymes. Each of the nursery rhymes included in the book were rewritten to be Texas themed. The intention is to educate children about the culture of Texas and some of the important state facts.

Audience

The intended audience is families with young children who have ties to Texas. The book is structured in a way that makes it prefect for a parent to read to a child, a teacher to read to a class, or a young reader to read themselves. The book is sized to be child friendly, and the type is sized to be readable both from a distance and by a child.

CONCEPT & DESIGN

The art of The Littlest Texans Nursery Rhymes is inspired by the artist Charlie Harper and mid-century modern graphic illustrations. The linework and texture used in the illustrations remain consitent throughout the book and serve as a way to tie the various stories together. In terms of layout, the book has several short rhymes broken up by longer rhymes which take up two pages.

mood & inspiration

The art of The Littlest Texans Nursery Rhymes is inspired by the artist Charlie Harper and mid-century modern graphic illustrations. The linework and texture used in the illustrations remain consitent throughout the book and serve as a way to tie the various stories together. In terms of layout, the book has several short rhymes broken up by longer rhymes which take up two pages.

color

The Vintage Texas poster from American Airlines served as the inspiration for the book’s color palatte.

17, 17, 82, 0 6, 2, 55, 0

38, 14, 25, 0 24, 8, 14, 0

49, 45, 87, 24

38, 14, 25, 45 36, 24 60, 1

22, 16, 57, 0

19, 73, 87, 7 2, 79, 85, 0

36, 24, 60, 42

36, 61, 86, 26

The Typefaces

The typefaces chosen reflect a very western and “country� theme. The Dude family contains multiple variants and several of them were used. Dude was used as the heading type and Geared Slab was used as the type for body copy.

Dude ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 Geared Slab ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

ILLUSTRATIONS

The illustrations included in the book are first drawn by hand, then vectorized and finally digitally painted.