Below are my final four submissions for my Narrative Unit. Treating it like a submission to a publisher, I selected my 4 favourite moments in my story that I wanted to illustrate. I decided to chose 3 key scenes where Howard interacts with the different animals individually, but also a major scene at the end where we can see most of the characters engaging with each other. I wanted the images to be fun and comical – containing elements that both children and adults could enjoy. My main focus was on characters design – hoping their expressions would help convey the ideas being established by the written narrative text. I tried hard to visualise the characters as though they could be animated – like they could actually walk across the page. I think their placement, dimensions and perspective really helped with making these images very strong!
Howard and The Elephants
Howard and The Giraffes
Howard and The Tortoises
Howard and The Animals
OllieJohn Illustration 