Thursday, November 11, 2010

Latest Progress - Layouts and Spot Illustrations

Okay, so I've finally finished doing the text layouts. Now it's just a matter of figuring out where I need spot illustrations as certain pages don't fill the entire page and I don't want big white spaces beneath the text. So right now I've got somewhere around 47 pages of both text and illustrations (full page ones) not including the long title and credits etc. I'm happy with the progress and just thought I'd post some of the spot illustrations before I get back to working on layouts and finalizing illustrations. So here they are;

This would be a spot illustration near the end after the queen goes crazy and decides to nail a magpie to the wall in place of her magic mirror. (creepy)

This spot illustration would be one of three to depict the items used by the queen to try and kill Snow White.
These are two options for the first of the items the queen uses to kill Snow White (the lacing cord). I will probably use the top image.
These are two separate spot illustrations. The top one would be for Snow White in the woods and the bottom one is the box into which the huntsman was to put Snow White's heart (notice the demonic shadow behind it?).
This is likely one of seven spot illustrations that will depict bust shots of the seven Redcaps. These won't necessarily have anything to do with the text where they appear but I still like the idea of the Redcaps popping up on other pages.
These two are also separate spot illustrations. The top image is the second of the three items used to kill Snow White (the comb) very creepy and sinister-looking (this comb makes a lovely second appearance lodged in Snow White's neck on the following page in the book). The bottom image may depict Snow White exploring the ruins of the castle where she lives with the seven Redcaps.
This is not a spot illustration but a fill illustration and is the queen's death, screaming as she burns (a nod to the original story, though slightly different in context).

Also not a spot illustration. This one shows the queen talking to the mirror (love the peacock headdress).

This may be a full illustration or a spot illustration depending on space. This is when the queen is disturbed by nightmares of Snow White near the beginning.
This is another full illustration showing Snow White's first "death" when the queen hangs her with the lacing cord. I love the way she stares out of the page, it's really creepy.
This is yet another option for Snow White's sleeping death. I know I've probably got about three already but it's difficult to decide on an appropriate angle to show it from. Actually, so far I think I might like this one best just because it's a little different. She will most likely be surrounded by a red-blooming flowers here.
So that's it for now. I'll get back to work and update again hopefully when I've got some of the illustrations finalized and inked.

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