Personalize your Notebook - Phase Two
Draft #4 is further developed and worked on Illustrator. Reality and fantasy are mainly brought out through the contrasting color schemes. To emphasized on the "fine line" between the two of them, I divided the design symmetrically and have the child standing on the line. The sketchy background was a new attempt, adding/tweaking the scribble options for the fill color of the path. As the scribbles only comes in one direction, I overlaid two backgrounds to achieve the cross-section effect.
The interior design reuses illustrations from the exterior design. The world is however divided horizontally and the rainbow is used as a transition from the reality to the dream. The colors are also inverted (e.g. black trees on white background and colored trees on black background) to show that the two realms are interrelated.
Critique:
The tutor commented my message I wish to convey is clear so it's a big relief. However, he suggested that the impact of mixing reality and dreams will be better if the transition of the trees from reality to dreams blends together (instead of a clear line).
I agreed with the suggestion and took up the challenge. I thought of applying a gradient (i.e. from white trees to brown) but the effect does not appear well with the rest of my illustrations which uses hard solid colors. I also thought of doing a cross-section sketch effect where the trees' colors collide but it clashes with the background effect.
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