Project Storybook

The last lecture was on typography and visual design. This lesson taught us on proper usage of text and fonts, size and readability, and also the importance of layout and grids, which can enhance or deterioriate the presentation of work, depending on whether they are properly used or not. Last but not least, is the design document, which comprises the above elements that I have said. The last project for the module was then released; create a storybook for kids aged 6-9. My group was formed on that day, my groupmates are Joanna, Mei Yuan, Erica and Syafiq.

We met up to brainstorm for ideas on the plot for storybook. Each of us contributed some ideas. Erica brought some books to show us too. Basically, we set some criteria for our book –
1)it has to have a moral so that kids can learn values out from it.
2)The setting is to be kept within forested area, as it seems to be more easier to draw and color, considering the flora and fauna.
3)The main character is an animal.
4)The most important thing is that the story should be interesting.

We decided to use a wolf as our main character. Why? Because the wolf has always been made a bad character in stories like The Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs and The Boy Who Cried Wolf (well, considering that it harms the sheeps, haha). We decided to use the wolf and these stories and and play around. It was great that we have alot of ideas generated during our meet up, and I must say we were really having fun thinking about the storyline. We came out with the storyline soon enough, and this time around, the wolf is not a bad character anymore, or should I say, there are no bad characters in out story!

Here are some sketches Syafiq has drawn, and tracings done by me:

Mei Yuan and Erica did the colorings.. shall revealed it on my next post.. It was pretty rush for us as we wanted to present the book itself on the presentation day. So everything was done within 4-5 days. Anyhows, stay tuned for our story!