Week Three Is Best Week!!! (Seriously, Favourite Week, Right Here!)

This week is my favourite week and I hope you're prepared for me to say that a ton because honestly, it was my best week!! Why? Because we looked at my forte here with... (drumroll please)

ILLUSTRATION!

Oh yeah! Favourite Week! I knew exactly what I wanted to do this week the second we were told we had to do Illustration with the twist of it having to be interactive-

"Hold up... Interactive!? Books are interactive right...? Children's books especially... Hmm..." - My thoughts at the time! Well, pretty much my thoughts. So, as you can see our twist for this week was that whatever we created HAD to be interactive in some way. So, I made a little children's book. A thirteen page story full of flaps, tabs to push and pull, split pin limbs to move and a whole lot of stress from me while making it. But, wow was this worth it. I don't think I've ever put so much enthusiasm and hard work into anything else ever in my entire life!

The story is all about sexuality and how we should accept all love. I did this by recreating the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. We took the villain, the Big Bad Wolf, made her adorable (and female) and used the terms "wolf" and "wolves" as a way of reffering to homosexuals as bad or evil (bare with me here, that sure as hell isn't my belief!)

See, in the story, Little Red is told to take the basket to her Grandmother's and meet Hunter/Huntsman, the grandson of her Grandmother's friend (her mother mentioning him especially with the intention of Little Red falling for him). But, Little Red gets side tracked and befriends the Wolf. The Wolf finds herself liking Little Red because not only is she super accepting of the Wolf when everyone else is shunning her, but Little Red is also rather cute. Little Red has a picnic with the Wolf and becomes rather fond of her. But, her mum finds out and gets angry. She's not angry because Little Red disobeyed her, but because Little Red had tried to befriend a wolf (see, homophobic mother). She forbids Little Red from seeing the Wolf again and so Little Red, upset and alone, heads to Grandmother's house. Hunter/Huntsman starts flirting with Little Red, who really doesn't feel the same way but has to put up with it because Grandmother is off her rocker on wine and can't really step in. (Don't ask why she's an alcoholic, Little Red's family has a few issues) and Little Red finds herself missing the Wolf so much she runs away to find her. Meanwhile, the Wolf tries to tell herself she never needed Little Red or any humans, but can't quite push Little Red out of her mind or heart. Little Red finds her and confesses her feelings, saying she doesn't care what anyone else says or thinks, she'll be with the Wolf no matter what! And they live happily ever after!

The Design Sheet!

Compared to last week, this week's sheet is really disappointing. It feels cluttered and messy, but really I guess I was running out of fuel when making it. At the very least I got to delve into a big influence on my current style (and life).