Between the media experiments and the crit I had also begun making thumbnails for the final book. I am finding working fast and small allows me to generate more ideas with more chance of success but I also have to be careful that I am working at the right dimensions- when translating small sketches to larger plans it can become quite difficult!
Tone of Voice
- I'm losing track of how I want my book to come across as a whole. There are lots of aspects within the smaller narratives- some are funny, some are sad, some are both etc.
- I know I want the reader to feel the observations in the book. To feel like it's real but also as a by stander, a little disconnected perhaps. This can be helped by the use of perspective I think.
- I think the use of pencil helps to make it feel real. Loose pencil work is reminiscent and associated with making first hand observations. But as before, there will be a sense of otherworldiness in the use of colour.
Colour Scheme
I will be creating the first and last pages with graphite, and the middle page with full, surreal almost-rainbow colour. I want there to be a narrative through these images (in character and tone) and whilst the drastic colour change might disrupt this I think it could also create a nice pacing through the book.
HOWEVER I am stuck on what colours to use for the rest of the book. I prefer using simple colour schemes of no more than three or four colours, and am struggling to create a selection that will run nicely throughout the book.
- It has been suggested that I use different colour schemes to suit each shorter comic but I am wary of using many many colours under one project.
- I am thinking of using a three colour scheme, and alternating which colour is predominant in each story to create more variety but also a consistency throughout.
- One of these colours will probably be pink as that is also the predominant colour in the middle spread, but I will have to think these through.
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