Before creating the illustrations, I wanted to look at different compositions, colour and form. I looked at ways of aligning text with imagery to see which would look the most effective. I experimented using one colour for the main illustration but decided it would be most effective and more worthwhile using different colours.
Illustrations with varying coloured backgrounds depending on the nature of the rule would seem too busy.
Two varying colours - blue and dark grey could be integrated into each rule somehow. It would give the book a uniform look as each double page spread would consist of the same two colours throughout.
With the addition of shape, colour and varying tones, each design differs; however they still look part of a set.
For my first rule; "Don't hang around with cows". I wanted to depict a stereotypical scene featured in many films/tv shows/books. Cows are typically the subject of alien abductions, hence why the rule was formed therefore I wanted to depict these in the illustrations alongside someone being abducted. I found a reference image online and traced around it using Illustrator.
I did the same with a figure of a man using the 'wet floor' sign:
However, in comparison with the cow illustration, it was far too simplistic so I added more detail to make the style of illustration similar throughout.
I then began designing the first illustration, using simple shapes and varying tones of the underlying background to create the UFO, for example:
Some other initial compositions:
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