Mini Story to help my child understand what is happening

nadyart

I started to make some sketches for a mini story to explain to my son what is happening, because he of course senses something is the matter.

Maybe I will also share this online as a mini story. I'm not focussing so much on a perfect image or rendering, but hope to get a clear message across to help my son (and maybe other kids) understand. I wish I could draw faster and finish it in one day though

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Georgios Christopoulos

@nadyart love the sketchy feeling i get from this one.also i really like the font you used. keen to see the next pages!~
Also i just followed you on insstagram.Your art is awesome!

Kim Hunter

WHat a great idea.

eriberart

So cute! This is a great idea

nadyart

Thank you @Georgios-Christopoulos !
Thank you @Kim-Hunter and @eriberart !

I thought it may be better to choose an animal as the main character, since it affects so many children, of many different countries. I will also add some color.

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Kim Hunter

I like the animal character even more.

Daisy

Agreed! Animal character seems very versatile! Great idea!

xin li

This is so good. Keep going with it.

We are listening to a norwegian audio book for kids about quarantine time. It helps a lot for my toddler to understand what is going on. She started saying things like " ok, so when the sickness is over, and we are not in quarantine anymore, then we can go to the shop to buy some fish". She is turning 3 soon. I am impressed by how stories can help kids understanding difficult situations like this.

The audio book we listened, the main character is a speckled bear.

nadyart

Thank you @Kim-Hunter and @Daisy !
That sounds very good @xin-li ! We don't have something like that in our own language yet. I will print my story for my child and read it together :).
My only concern is that even though the illustrations are simple, it still takes a lot of time to mover forward.
It's still quite the challenge, although they are fairly simple. It's a great practice for character consistency! The second one was a lot harder to draw and I feel like it does not look like the first one 100%.

I finished 2 pages.

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