Thank you to everyone who made submissions to this week's illustration contest. We had some great drawings showing potential covers for future book ideas. Great job everyone; keep up the great work!
Kristi G. (Top 3) So I am going to focus on working on the story I had a while ago with the play date of boy and girl siblings. I am changing it up a little bit. I needed to simplify it to make it not so overwhelming. I am going to have just two characters. I am still going to contrast their likes, resulting in frustration, but ultimately they will learn how similar they really are and have a fun time doing it. My first cover idea was both of them posed back to back looking frustrated, but I felt that was a little negative. My favorite (and the one I put more time in) is the one with both of them side to side happy to be who they are and even happier to be with their friend (even though they are different). Something I need to change with this picture that I am noticing now is that they are too far apart. I was worried that this one was a little posed and stiff, so I thought about them on a swing (something they will be doing in the book). I like the idea, and obviously need to put more time on proportions and angles. I would like the title (which I am still not sure about) to be in block letters across the top. –Kristi
Nate S. (3 previous) I wanted to explore different layouts for the cover of the book I’m writing/illustrating for my daughter. It centers on the tooth fairy, the one from my last contest entry. I used some ideas from the covers’ of books that we like right now to rough out some general ideas. Let me know what you guys think. -Nate
I'd love to know what you think! -Scott
