Proposal Concept: To illustrate a children’s book that addresses the idea of identity and belonging. The story centres around a dog that starts to believe he is actually a bear and embarks on a voyage of self discovery. Proposal: To create a set of illustrations to be applied as pages for a children’s book and to a range of promotional and saleable materials. I aim to produce: - 5 x Double page spreads. - 1 x Book cover. What I aim to Communicate: - The narrative of the book - The emotions of the characters - Ideas relating to identity and belonging - An appropriate tone of voice for the target audience To an audience of: - Pre- school children aged 2-4 - Parents - Nursery teachers
Inspiration: - Chris Haughton - Keith Negley - Jon Klassen I researched children’s book illustrators that use character, colour and shape based illustrations to communicate emotive narratives.