So, I'm writing and illustrating a picture book!
The Project:
I was drafted by my local library to help with a little story-telling project. After much fretting, I decided that a picture book would be the most ideal outlet for me.
The Story Concept:
It takes place during the summer of 1938 in New York City. Count Basie and his jazz orchestra are ruling the music scene with their passionate swing, and the federal government has just established a minimum wage.
Our two main characters aren't on the big stage. First there is Emilio, a maker and seller of formal wear who dreams of having performers wear his designs. Then there is Mattie, a young lady who plays a mean trombone but feels uncomfortable performing as a girl with all the boys in her group.
It's not a terribly twisty plot, and I'm not aiming for it to be. In fact, you all can probably guess where the story will go. This is just a happy, feel-good story about friendship and art, and possibly cats.
The Artwork:
Like jazz and swing, the art for this piece will be very free. Of course, limitations make things much easier for any improv, so here's what I'm aiming for, and what you can expect when the first concepts are finished.
This will be full-color and done with traditional mediums, probably black ink and watercolor.
The images will be hosted on another site, with links on this thread. This is because I am scanning printer-paper-sized images at really high res, so the images are bigger on the computer than they are in real life (this is in case I choose to do prints).
I will probably ask someone for help with cover design, because I have no idea how to do that! If you're one of those awesome people, please let me know, and I will contact you when I'm close to being finished.
And that closes this update!
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