color, style. jin hun song, 괭이부리말 아이들(children of gweng i boo ri mal?)

letter? david sannon, no david korean ver.

i think its cool to share same illustration with different language :D

color

use of saturated color for bg, and desaturating other things

Color, Maxfield Parrish, The Knave of Hearts

Parrish has a more traditional sense of color combined with a modern use of shape and flatness.

Composition, Stephen Gammell, Scary Stories 3

The composition of this image keeps the viewer's eye moving, forever trapped in the vortex and always finding new details.

Character, Stephen Gammell, Scary Stories 3

Just looking at that character and drawing style makes me want to read the story.  The shape and expression make this an intriguing creature.

Composition, Edward Gorey, The West Wing

Gorey's unique sense of space and atmosphere make this simple layout an interesting composition that keeps the reader intrigued.

Color, Edwina White, The Turkey Prince

White's use of traditional, yet bold color turns this classic story into a modern tale.

Snow White, illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert & written by Randall Jarrell

this book made me so happy when I was younger but I had forgotten all about it until class when Jaime brought it in! The details and composition and palette are so ethereal and pleasing.children and adults can enjoy this boook

JORDANS CHARACTER RUSKIN

Character: DASH THE TIMID SOFT PUPPET

I can't find my character sheet anywhere, I must have left it in class. I had it on file, but that too is gone. Of what I remember, the character is an old hand puppet, made around the 60's. He loves children and fears being forgotten and unloved. He is afraid of almost everything, especially dogs. He likes felt apples;)

Microraptor "Rory"

Super Conniving Squishy

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n311 r33d3r-the alien feather huntress

feather, perfect, lithe

Composition-Der Stiefel-Kater(Boots Cat) Ayano Imai

I don't even think you can get this book in the states let alone in english, either way the compositions in Imai's illustrations are wonderful. This image has a very harmonious feel with the two buildings on either side going upward and the curved fence cutting down the middle toward the viewer. The birds fit perfectly to the movement of the fence and create a nice comedy with the main character.

Color-The Quiet Book-Renata Liwska

Right Before You Yell "Surprise" Quiet is the text followed by this image in the book The Quiet Book. I love the very light, calm color palette this artist uses throughout the book. It has a very innocent quality that fits the tone of the book nicely.

Composition- The Eleventh Hour- Graeme Base

I had forgotten all about this book until I was reminded today by seeing a picture. Graeme Base is wonderful with his compositions. There is always so much to take in in ever picture! I love the birds eye view down on the four board players and each player is so detailed and unique, even without having read the story, you still can tell there is a story going on with the characters alone.

Atmosphere/Composition Cats Concert Bernard Oberdieck

I believe the title of the illustration is "Nero Sleeping" and is an image from a German picture book called Cats Concert.
I choose to put this image under atmosphere and composition because I feel it shows both very well. I love how the image is slightly askew when you look at it and how it takes your eyes back/forward with the perspective. The atmosphere represents dusk and has a serene feel with a hint of suspense by the shift in angles.

Grace's character sketch

This is Persephone, a Siren who's past her prime! (ocean, sinister, dusty)
(She's not so sinister anymore...)

Gil

Here's Gil

NAME: GIL

BIRTHDAY AND AGE: APRIL 20TH; 17

BEST FRIEND; PRESTON, A BEAVER

WORST ENEMY: CLYDE, A CAMEL

PLACES THEY'VE BEEN:

CALIFORNIA, SUNNYDALE HIGH, DETENTION, BBOY COMPETITIONS, THRIFT STORES, CRUISE

THINGS THEY'VE DONE:

COMPETED IN SPEECH COMPETITIONS, WAS AN EXTRA IN STEP UP, BEEN ON HONOR ROLE, COLLECT CLOCKS, VINTAGE CLOTHES SHOPPING, STARTED A BREAKDANCING CLUB

THINGS THEY LIKE TO DO:

DANCE, RAP, HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS, PERFORM, WATCH MUSIC VIDEOS, SHOP

FAVORITE MUSIC:

MC HAMMER

DO THEY READ? YES WHAT? SUNDAY MORNING COMICS

THINGS THEY ARE AFRAID OF:

BEING OUT OF STYLE, NOT MAKING IT BIG, THE DARK, STEVE ERWIN'S FAMILY, GETTING LOST, GETTING OLD

THINGS THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH:

PRODUCE AN ALBUM, ENTER POLITICS, GRADUATE, START A CLOTHING LINE, TRAVEL

DO THEY PLAY SPORTS? YES, BREAKDANCING

HIDDEN TALENT: TONGUE TWISTERS

FAVORITE FOOD: FISHSTICKS

Eugenia the Opera singing robot.: Jacob's Character

the giant fighting robot version

The cute small robot version (The version I prefer)

The cyborg ferret version

Here are 3 versions of Eugenia or U-GEN-ia the opera singing robot/ ferret cyborg. All of them have the same story, a great opera singer created them to help save music in the future. All of them carry the locket of Pavarotti inside of them and all of them have gold somewhere in their character design. They have special glass shattering vocal abilities, as well as super strength and lasers. The design I'm using for my final is the small horned robot with pigtails.

The Smallest Elephant in the World

Here are some really fun illustrations created by the brilliant illustrator/designer Milton Glaser.  I love the graphic nature of these illustrations and his use of pattern.  The limited color palette creates a series of very striking and unexpected illustrations.

Maria de Cruxio

This is Maria de Cruxio, derived from the words Prima Donna, ruffles, and sharp.

Character design!

This is James Susan Roberts, an alien who's trying to blend in with the human race. Unfortunately he doesn't quite grasp the concept of clothes yet.

My words were ROUND, SPANDEX, and OBLIVIOUS.

Lovely Lettering

This lovely lettering is not part of a book but by the wonderful fashion and editorial artist Anke Weckmann. She has built a business of illustrating the serenely indifferent and cute complexes of people. She pairs this sensibility with a hand lettering to match. I tend to think everything she does is perfect, or magic, or both. Find more of her stuff here: http://www.linotte.net/

and I'll Huff and I'll Puff

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! as told to Jon Scieszka features illustrations by Lane Smith that captivate with texture and color. The scan doesn't do the image justice, so make sure to check the book out. Find it in the Decker Library in the Quarto section: PZ7 .S35 T7 1989 .

Simple and Sassy

What do a boy, a girl, a giraffe and snow have in common? They are all adorably illustrated by Sue Heap in Danny's Drawing Book. With simple shapes filled by saturated color and sassy patterns Heap has captured two super cute characters. Just look at those rosy little cheeks! Most striking is their endearing facial features. Utilizing only a few lines of paint, Heap created two characters emoting wonder and life. How does she make it look so easy?

Mhmmm...Delicious Endpapers!

I love endpapers. I wish all books could have clever, designed, patterned endpapers that begin and end a story with the warm and fuzzy feelings that is endpapers. This horrible scan is from This Little Bunny Can Bake by Janet Stein. Stein not only made clever endpapers, but they're functional too! The recipes are true to form recipes that coincide with the characters in the book. A simple idea, but totally endearing. How can you not swoon? Just make sure the oven is turned off before you do!

Rita will make you a Reada'

This spread is taken from Rita and Whatsit at the Beach by Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod and illustrated by Olivier Tallec. If you have never read a Rita book, stop everything that you're doing, I mean it, drop that fork!, and go out a buy a copy of Rita. You won't regret it. Vignod and Tallec have teamed together to create two wonderful characters, simple in their illustration quality and text, but so firmly rooted in that lovely, real place that can only be found in children's books.

Character Assignment Sheet

The Little Mermaid, illo by Edmund Dulac

This is the man I'm researching for my presentation-He is amazing--all traditional, enchanting compositions, characters, and palettes

Tree Ring Circus, illo by Adam Rex

wonderful use of hand lettering

The Sea Serpent and Me, by Dashkn Slater, illo by Catia Chien