I painted this, testing out Khadi cotton paper in the process:
That's a panoramic photograph, then a panoramic scan. Cotman watercolour on 76x5cm Khadi cotton paper (each section is 5x5cm). In this project (and indeed in life) I am exploring character and narrative in media, scale and imagery. Also, the longer I have to devlop myself and my understanding of illustration, the more I know what I like, in both process and results. Typography is one of my key interests, and I was glad to be able to combine this with the creation of an underwater world of interacting pink wibbly creatures. Each character is a character! Using a little maths, a long ruler, and A1 paper, I halved the alphabet and forced pairs of characters together. The letters with holes in (these have closed counters) were especially fun, along with M and N, which resulted in very realistic sea-slugs. This way of working suits me very well; where I set myself up rules, but am unsure of the outcome. It's a delight when characters come about organically.
The second in the series of books, this can be read from start to finish, but also works as a single image of a concept. In imagery I was inspired by Mr. Scruff and The Blue Planet, which I'm currently rewatching. Mother nature, you are my muse.
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