pics of Nicksketches of Nick, and character ideasship building sketches, featuring a very early 'Wolverine' (Knut's dog). Nick performing cardboard dragon dentistry
These sketches look very similar to the final roughs for the book- I’ll show their development in a future post.
From this point I started developing a very early version of Knut, which looks nothing like the final version… I call it the ‘big-nose’ version. Here’s a peek:
James makes books for courageous kids. He’s the author/illustrator of the S.Tinker Inc graphic novel series for middle primary: Brobot (2016), Dungzilla (2017) and Gastronauts (2018) star Sally Tinker, the world’s foremost inventor under the age of twelve, and Joe Tinker, her stinky baby brother. James’ earlier books My Dead Bunny (2015) In The Lion (2012), The Last Viking (2011) and The Last Viking Returns (2014) have all scored several honours, including children’s choice awards, shortlistings in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year awards, and selection to the International Youth Library’s White Raven list. James comes from a long line of queuing enthusiasts. Follow him on FB/twitter/insta/youtube @jamesfoleybooks, or at www.jamesfoley.com.au .
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2 thoughts on “Creating the character of Knut- part 1”
I am enjoying seeing the whole process behind the development of this character 🙂
I am enjoying seeing the whole process behind the development of this character 🙂
Good to hear Philippa. There’s 5 posts in this little series, so there’s more to come.