Four flat-gouache scenes of Sylvie, a bob-haired girl in a teal pinafore, with a grey tabby: playing with a string in the garden, watering flowers by a birdhouse, having a meadow picnic, and reading in a green armchair. — Finished artwork: Sylvie and Whiskers, garden games to armchair sleep.

Children's Book Illustration

Sylvie, Little Explorer of the Forest, and Whiskers the Cat

Created by HMD Publishing Illustration Studio

Meet Sylvie and Whiskers, a hand-drawn garden illustration concept of string games, flower watering, meadow picnics and armchair naps with a tabby.

Sylvie trails a string for Whiskers while an orange cat peeks from the bushes, waters a flowerbed by the birdhouse as the tabby watches, unpacks a meadow picnic of sandwiches and juice, and reads in a deep green armchair with the cat asleep on her lap. Flat gouache shapes in teal, mustard and blossom pink keep it playful. The supporting sheets add turnarounds, eight expressions, six labelled action poses, six outfit variations, forest companions including a fawn, props and a six-panel forest-day storyboard.

Project: Illustration concept
Theme: Textured Gouache
Genre: Picture book
Production method: Hand-drawn
Portfolio category: Children's Books
Deliverables shown: Final artwork
Character design
Sketch development

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