‘Stardust’
Artworks for picturebook idea/concept*
Medium: Monoprint, gouache, acrylic pens and colour pencils.
‘Stardust’ is a conceptual picturebook that tells the story of the universe personalised in several forms - from the galaxy at large, to the sun and the planets, to planet Earth, to nature and to each of us humans.
*Created as part of the Children’s Book Illustration Masters course at the Cambridge School of Arts, Anglia Ruskin University. Unpublished.
‘Why is the moon following me?’
Artworks for picturebook idea/concept*
Medium: Acrylic ink and pens, gouache, watercolour and colour pencils.
‘Why is the moon following me?’ tells the story of a girl who has a difficult time adjusting to her new life after moving with her family from the UK to Japan. The book focusses on her relationship with the moon as a metaphor for her emotional self. The book includes non-fictional elements such as information about the ‘Tsukimi’ or ‘moon viewing’ day, a Japanese festival with Chinese origins that appreciates the autumn moon, as well as other cultural aspects about life in Japan.
*Created as part of the Children’s Book Illustration Masters course at the Cambridge School of Arts, Anglia Ruskin University. Unpublished.
‘Layers of me’
Artworks for picturebook idea/concept*
Medium: Gouache, Adobe Photoshop.
‘Layers of me’ is a conceptual picturebook that reflects on several aspects of the human psychology and emotional selves. It focusses on how we relate to others from childhood and how this shapes us as adults, inspired by the psychology theory of ‘attachment styles’.
*Created as part of the Children’s Book Illustration Masters course at the Cambridge School of Arts, Anglia Ruskin University. Unpublished.
‘The journey of things’
Artworks for picturebook idea/concept*
Medium: Gouache, watercolour and colour pencils.
‘The journey of things’ tells the story of Lenny, a young boy who, unaware of the waste he is producing, meets some very special creatures who teach him about the value of things and help him to grow an awareness about the amount of natural resources people use in their daily lives. This book reflects on ideas of consumerism, waste, use of natural resources, the environment, how things are made and seeks to encourage readers to be more conscientious about how much time, effort and energy things take to be made or grown.
*Created as part of the Children’s Book Illustration Masters course at the Cambridge School of Arts, Anglia Ruskin University. Unpublished.
‘Letters to our younger selves’
Artworks for short comic style story
Medium: Acrylic ink and Adobe Photoshop.
‘Letters of our younger selves’ is the result of a collaboration between Anglia Ruskin students from the Arts and Sports Science Faculties. This short story illustrates a letter written by a final year student as if they were giving advice to their younger, first year selves. It reflects on the idea of not allowing expectations set us back and instead accept things as they are without needing them to be any different than reality.
This project was supervised by Dr Francesca Cavallerio and Dr Becky Palmer, both academics at Anglia Ruskin University. More information about it can be found on Visual stories: Letter to our younger selves.
Drawings/Sketches
Development work and drawing practice
Medium: Mixed media.
