Characters

As well as the giant in the story, there is of course a handful of animals and now a boy. Drawing a boy genuinely scares me, and after many many many attempts this little guy was created. I made him in parts and stuck him together on photoshop. I like that he is pretty unbalanced looking and that his arms are in a completely ridiculous position - much like some of the animals I have been creating. The scenes he was storyboarded for, would have had views of him front on, side on, and behind, and I think his simplicity would have helped make this work. I really want to do that page. I might do it RIGHT NOW.

The animals kinda developed from my obsession with repeatedly drawing bears in Christmas jumpers, these bears have been really simple, and either collaged or just simple line drawings. They needed to be more in this story I felt, but I had no idea how to create them, or what would work. I eventually went for some scratchy crayons, they need tweaking on photoshop, most of their arms are disappearing into nothingness. An idea from a crit was to take the idea of animals and clothes further and perhaps reflect some of the stories origin through the use of traditional Ukrainian folk clothing, I did a lot of research and found that the dresses and waistcoats worn were quite detailed, I gave it a go on a mouse, but I just couldn't get it to work.