I feel this image has worked well in terms of imagery and texture, which is great to touch. This image came about from me trying to develop the style of Su Blackwell even further, in terms of the newspaper cut out shapes. I used materials I have previously but in a very different way. I used threads to create bark style texture and then worked into it further using black marker pens. However I have the same problem as I do in my previous woodland scene, in that the text is not readable if I want it to continue portraying the story, so although I feel I do not need to develop the image any more, but I do need to think about what text I place behind the image.
Experimenting again printing using the typewriter on a different surface, brown paper. It works well on this particular spread as the colours tie in well, they are all muted, browny shades. I used foil to create the frame of the 'magic mirror' which looks effective as the shiny surface gives the impression it is something special. However I feel the frame needs to be more intricate if used in the final book to give a more professional feel. I need to develop this further.
Using a craft knife I tried to create a cut-out apple with 'Snow White' type. I don't think this works as a page at all, I think the placement and style of the text is working, but I feel the apple is not. I think it might be due to the 'sharp' edges and shapes the cut-out technique creates that I feel does not work, or just due to the composition.
I love this page, it's so simple that I think it works as one of the best pages. The font and 'polkadot apple' give a retro feel. This could either work really well or not at all, so I will need to decide if each page will be a completely different style (which will allow me to use this page) however, if the rest of the book features an 'old style' book, this will need to feature on each page in order to give continuity.
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