Critique request for book spreads.
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Two more finished spreads. Any thoughts?
[Edit: I removed the images because I do not know if I am allowed to share full spreads before the book is out]-
A child in the bathtub, imagining himself on a Viking boat across the Kattegat sea.
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Kattegat sea (was mentioned in the poem) is known to be difficult to cross. Using this fact to turn the image into a more active scene, rather than a quite bathing scene.
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Keywords: Ready for battle/child-play.
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kids with a group of companions traveling to the mill house.
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Keywords: Autumn vibe, companionship
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Thank you so much for feedback so far. Just a notes: I have deleted some images I shared in the earlier posts. I do not know how much work-in-progress I can share (Nothing was in the contract). SO I took @peteolczyk's advise: remove the images after getting feedback.
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I just want to check in to say that I am getting down to my final 2 spreads today. All the other 12 finished spreads have been approved. The final art will be turned in on Wednesday. So now I am confident I will make the deadline just on time.
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@xin-li that’s great news Xin Li, I can’t wait to see it on the shelves.
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[Edit: I removed the images because I do not know if I am allowed to share full spreads before the book is out :-)]
I am going to send in my Cover wrap around tomorrow :-). I still need some minor adjustments, but it is very very close to calling it done.Any final comments on the illustration?
Does the hand lettering typeface work? (It is more or less my first try doing hand lettering, would be very happy if anyone can critique on this)Laure told me that the posture for playing bass was not quite accurate. But I decide to not work on it due to time pressure to redesign a character. Noted for the next time drawing bass, or cello player
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@xin-li This is lovely, congratulations on nearing the completion of so much beautiful work! I really like your lettering, so none of my suggestions are needed but just thought i would share some things: I like that it's purposely irregular, so perhaps if the front foot of the first A were lowered, the two top serifs of the Y were made to be uneven, and if the S had serifs that were more like the serifs on the top of the A and G.
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@carolinedrawing Thank you so much for the feedback. You are spot on. I think I will work on your suggestions before handing in the artwork today.
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Thank you so much for the support along the way. I delivered all the final work today. Everything is confirmed by the editor. So I have done my first book.
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@xin-li please let us all know when this is in the shops or available online.
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@peteolczyk thank you. you are always so supportive :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes:
