Initially, this brief was quite challenging. Coming up with an idea of a children’s book did originally seem quite easy, as referenced in my transgender cat idea. However, once I actually got down to trying to sketch out a plot to go along with the actual idea that would be suitable for six to eight year olds, it became very difficult and it was quite a long time before the mouse idea became finalised.

The actual drawing and colouring of the pages as well as creating the book itself was the most fun part of the entire brief. I enjoyed myself immensely sketching out Meep the mouse and Eliza the elephant, and using different colour schemes to try and get the right feel of what I was after. The style that I used I feel like was quite relatable to Quentin Blake which is what I had wanted to happen the entire time. I am quite happy with how the brief has turned out, even though I wish I had done more pages to include Eliza the elephant in the actual book, as referenced in a previous post.

Overall, I really enjoyed this brief: it has been my favourite so far, and I hope this comes across in my work.