This is part four in the series Creating Characters for a Children’s Book. In case you missed the other three here’s a quick review. Characters are all approved. Color is complete on two and the third one is underway. Based on the story line I thought it would be cool to add a donut to the logo.
My Homework was to add the donut to the logo. I tried a few variations and I’m not really liking it. It seems to be drawing attention away from the monster a bit which is not cool. I really want the focus to be on Greg and the type, not the donut. I showed my roughs to Bob the Art Director (super nice guy) and he agreed.
There are a couple of solutions that I think might work. The first one is to take the donut out of the logo and put it into the title of the book. The second, and the solution I like better, is to change the pose of the monster. The front of the book gets Greg in his normal pose and the title page get Greg with a new pose for this book the donut). The reason I like this idea better is because it will allow me to customize the logo for each book. This will make the logo and Greg the monster more fun and interactive. It will also allow me to have more fun and that’s the best part of all. I’ll run the idea past Bob the Art Director and see what he thinks.
Since I’m almost through with the character creation part of this book I think for the next post we’ll switch over to the actual illustration for the book. Homework for next time. Begin thumbnails for the interiors and cover.
