Christmas Adventures with Santa's Hat
On christmas night, three children Abbigail, Cole and Ashley all plan to wake up and catch santa to finally see him. They secretly walk down the steps and already see the tree filled with presents, but soon realize santa left behind his magical hat with its own personality. With only a few hours to spare, the children help the magical hat to return back into santa's possession. In return of their kind act, they meet santa and complete the true meaning of christmas by being kind and sharing precious moments between family.
Thumbnails
As the first step of creating is ideating at least 10 thumbnails in knowing which composition fits the context best which in my case would be portraying a whimsical scene with adventure
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Line Drawing
After finding the best composition, I then finalize the rough sketch into a finalized line drawing
Value Comps
I take my line drawing and fill it with many variations of value, this helps with finding a light source to help depict the mood, the intensity and helps illuminate the setting all while making sure everything is correctly readable
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Color Comps
I will have naturally 5 color comps but because I had such a clear vision on what I wanted in color I only needed to develop 2 with slightly different tones. This often can happen when you have a set idea already.
Margin Check
Because this would be used in a book, I mocked up where the gutter and margins so there wouldn't be any cut off on any important content regarding my illustration and text I later add in.
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