IN DESIGN - Current magazine layouts

I found the magazine 'grazia' to feature many simple, yet bold and modernistic page layouts which I found a great deal of interest in.

WHAT IS A LINE - Children's books

A series of pages from several book's within the library. Each consist of existing illustrations within children's books.

VISUAL LANGUAGE - Children's illustrative books

I wanted to get an idea about the presentation of children's books, in regard to illustrations and text. I made a trip to a local Waterstones and rather cheekily took some snaps of a few books. I also wanted an idea of what was already out there relating to teaching children about nature and wildlife. I couldn't find anything on life cycles of plants and tree's, which is good!

Photo's were mostly used within the books, any illustrations used were very simple, some child-like. This to make it easier for a person of a young age to understand anything states.

I looked at a few of my childhood favourites!

A lovely meerkat post card book which was interactive. A possible approach I could take.

COMMUNICATION IS A VIRUS - Hand rendered typography

A range of typeface's in which I hand rendered into my poster designs

www.1001fonts.com 

Monbijoux typeface - 

Fonts found within Illustrator :

WHAT IS A LINE - Children's books

Some pages from a book I found within the library, which goes on about the combination of nature and design. I quite lik the simplicity of the sketches within the mind maps.

From the book E.H. Shepard which consists of some beautiful pen and ink drawings, which having given me much inspiration into me wanting to produce a children's book using the same medium.

An initial sketch produced by herself

The wind and the willows children's novel

The master of line:

 A possible approach I could have taken was to draw / sketch leaves, giving information about the tree's in which it came from. This is something which could have been produced as an adult based, informative book.