Bibliography

Bibliography Negotiated Project

Angela Featherbe-Morgan

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Laurence King.

Boyd, L. (2014). Flashlight. San Francisco (Calif.): Chronicle Books.

Britta Teckentup (2017) Under the same sky, Little tiger group.

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Byrd Baylor (1986) The Desert is theirs, Atheneum Books. Desert people and animals.

Byrd Baylor (1998) The table where rich people sit, Aladdin picture books. Lesson

about being rich in things that matter outdoors and experiencing nature.

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Assessment of work

I have thoroughly enjoyed working on this project from start to finish. Researching the animals to illustrate was fun to do as i spent time watching various you tube videos of Native New Zealand animals. This gave me a sense of their size, qualities and in some cases like the kakapo and Takahe their personalities. The movement and visual reference helped me enormously with colouring and character in my illustrations.

I chose to have an animal from air, land and the sea in the title page to represent creation along with a wreath of leaves from mother earth herself. The animals were also chosen because they were different colours of the spectrum. 

Hopefully adding extra visual impact to the cover. I set them in a circle chasing each other to add movement to the page. I later used the same three animals to create a pattern for the endpapers, which l felt worked really well.

I started the first pages of the book with simple arial views of the island from different angle. I wanted to build up the visual language as the book continued through to the end.
Using variety of layers and effects such as crumpled paper, textured paint and collage paint and pencil. I created the image of mother earth as an island of earth.

The second and third pages introduces the two main characters properly into the story: father sky and mother earth. I have purposefully used less and less negative space as the book progresses. This is due to the narrative becoming more complex but also to add visual impact and more to observe and investigate in the image.

On reflection with my images i feel i should have been a bit more experimental with the compositions and considered the text a bit more. As shown below I altered father sky's arm to embrace mother earth as stated in the text. Initially i was definitely pre-occupied with getting the visual language right and how i wanted to continue with the story. Even though the story element was important i felt amendments could be made further on, as long as I was gaining ground with the project.

It took me a while before i was used to using photoshop again as it had been a while. This i felt slowed me up a little. But after a bit of solid studio time i felt much more confident in producing work i was happier with than at the start. I felt i was learning more as i made each page and its adjustments. 

I feel the image below is a stronger one in its communication of the narrative than the previous attempt above. 

The visual language is appropriate for the story because i have used natural looking elements for the images such as leaves, water, clouds, hills and a simple looking handwritten typeface. 

The last pages to be worked on was the cover of the book, this was due to being undecided on how to recreate the idea of creation without giving away too much of the story or imagery from inside.

after playing around with ideas I decided to use the same textures some animals and give a feeling of mystery with the father cloud hovering above the land. I tried different areas for the text including at the bottom of the cover as well as sitting on top of the land, but I felt it stood out higher up. I added long white soft clouds to the cover image as New Zealand is apparently known as the land of the long white cloud.

On reflection of my book i would like to have added more flowers and berries to the later pages such as mother earth and father sky embraced and the final landscape scene. If given the opportunity to create it again i would probably add more animals too, except that Native New Zealand do not have many mammals, mainly birds, reptiles and insects.I have amended many things as i have progressed and included these in my sketchbooks to show my development. Also printing on matt paper i feel was a mistake as the photocopy mock up displays the colours and textures better. Although i also requested a copy of the cover on textured paper just to compare for future reference.

Animals and plants

I spent time creating various native birds, animals and plants of New Zealand using paint pencil and inks. After scanning and cleaning up my images digitally I began to layer them up. I used the levels tool to change the contrasts to get a better balance with the background they were on.

After some experimentation with ripped painted papers the sea started to take shape.

Peer feedback

I initially started by painting the mother earth character and found that although I liked the feeling of her, I wasn't convinced she would work without modification.

I felt as though i was getting lost with what i was trying to create. I felt i wasn't achieving my aim and after some peer support and a tutorial, i felt much more confident in myself and how i would continue with my work.

I decided to cut the image up and to start layering it with other elements.  I carried out some experimental work using different papers, pencils, ink, and paint. Then I began to make up shapes to layer on mother earth. 

I found that the layering added extra depth to the image and gave me the depth of field I was trying to achieve. By adding different coloured and texture looking papers I found this added another dimension.

Prep work for book

After researching the stories of creation and deciding on a Maori based story. I began working on images of New Zealand and its various landscapes and wildlife. 

I used various media and different types of paper and collage materials to create ideas and formats for my two main characters; Mother Earth and Father Sky. 

After working on alternative story book layouts and resolve issues with compositions and weak images 

Mock up of story based upon Maori stories.

Roughs for the creation story based on the Ideas believed by Maori.

I worked them up into a laparello style booklet.

Decision made

After lots of research over the past few weeks on the other types of Creation stories i settled on two more (Chinese Pan Ku) which i drew a small layout for. But I also found another which was very interesting but quite longwinded . It was Ethiopian based on god like beings Orishas and Obatala the the Orisha who created the earth and people out of clay. I started  to try and condense it, to put it into a rough storyboard, but it became too as it was a very long detailed story. It didn't seem to be following the path i wanted to go down. So I have chosen to stick with one of the first stories I came across of the Maori creation story of father sky and mother earth, as this fits better within my brief.


I will begin the next few weeks researching the environment and other aspects of New Zealand both the North and South Island. Making visual notes drawings, sketches etc of what i find.