Drawing the Green Light

Re-read The Great Gatsby recently and as my favourite book of all time I couldn't stand not showing my appreciation with a drawing. I also have such a massive interest in art deco design and the fashion design from the 1920's. I felt like I could give myself a chance to run a muck with opulance. I looked at the program for the ballet adaptation to get a few ideas.

Oh look it's me!

Working a little on creating a brand for myself. Thought I'd start with a little doodles of me. Think this old design for the blog is looking a little old. Think I'll update it and this little illustrator sketch could be perfect! The inspiration comes curtsy of one of my favourite artist/cartoonist Bruce Timm of Batman the Animated Series fame :D

A little something extra....

I intended Jinni and Gracie to have a moral message that girls within the age range, 6-8, could really take to heart. The core concept of Jinni and Gracie is about getting on with someone who is different from yourself. At around that age children are going to school for the first time and having to make friends for the first time. I thought it was an important lesson to learn.

So What's The Story?

Here's a quick outline of the story of Jinni and Grcaie. Their first adventure is with cupcakes and how difficult something as easy as baking a batch can be complicated if you don't learn to work together!

A Tale of Two Cities...kinda

The story takes place between two worlds. The normal world that humans in habit and the mystical, magical genie world. Here's a little bit about these two realms and how I went about developing them!

Sssshhhhhh! Here comes teacher!

The genie teacher Miss Stephens that is. Miss Stephens is Jinni's favourite teacher who specialises in "The basics of being a Genie" informally referred to by the students as "Genie 101". Having had a shaky start to genie-ing herself, Miss Stephens has more patience for Jinni's nonsense than most!

All about Gracie

Ok the first post told you all about that chirpy, squishy little ball of energy, Jinni. Here I'd like to tell you about her difficult little friend Gracie.