This week in my Make Art That Sells class we were working on children's books. Our assignment was to design a cover or spread to the Russian folktale The Language of the Birds. I decided to adapt the story for a New Zealand audience and have the birds in the story be kiwi birds.
If I were to do this again I would do it in a more stylized manner. For next week's assignment I am going to push myself to work less realistic.
This was the sketch I started with.
I quickly decided that the outfits I had planned for the birds did not match the aesthetic of the Maori inspired blanket nest.
I decided to add a border to the piece as well.
The finished illustration
If I were to do this again I would do it in a more stylized manner. For next week's assignment I am going to push myself to work less realistic.
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