This is the cover i decided on. I finally named the book swell. It took me a while because i was trying to use their names in it but there are 4 different names and it was just getting too complicated. So instead I have centred it around the thing they build; the island. I just had soil and the sprouts on the front because they have the most loving and cute relationship within the book so i think they represent the nature of the book best.
This is the second page spread, after introducing the scenery on the first page this page introduces the characters and shows them immediately in peril as their home is once more destroyed by careless campers. I just used simple spot colour because in a chat with Ben ages ago that was one of his suggestions. He thought that my work had a lot of line work and detail and that too much colour could take away from that. I chose a yellow for the characters because it represents sunshine/life and the side of nature. Then i chose a green/blue tone because it contrasts the yellow well and can simply represent the water and plant life that is running throughout the story.
This is the climactic moment when one of the sprouts is stolen by a Magpie. I think the facial expression on the sprout went really well, it is expressive and to an extreme. I did a big sweeping speech bubble because i felt it better represented the high tension moment.
This is the final page where all the troubles are over for the creatures and they have befriended the Magpie. They will no longer suffer because of littering and pollution on the land.
But off to the right there is sewage being pumped into the water, raising the question, of how long till they are unsafe in the water too. This is just the final part stressing th recycling and green aspect of this story.
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