Illustrating an extract from Norton Juster’s novel Phantom Tollbooth was my favourite part of this project. It was my first exploration down the route of illustration and there were positives and negatives of the task. I produced two worksheets for this, one with my preliminary ideas on as a sort of mood-board and the sheet where I actually illustrated the extract. I created the mood board by going through old books and magazines which the department had and cutting out many pieces which caught my eye. I created this huge collection of cuttings and re read the extract whilst going through the extract and pinpointing which objects or figures really spoke to me and I could see as part of the piece. When I read I see the piece enacted vividly in my mind like a play or a TV show, I can think of the characters emotions, their ambiance and their appearance. And so by using this I could find the correct cutting which fit with my ideas and create a piece with characters who I can see their characters. My favourite part of this worksheet is the historical figures I have used, such as the Roman Statues an the medieval portraits, I would love to look into those more and potentially animate them and give them the characteristics I see in my head. I placed all of my chosen cuttings together on a worksheet, creating a collage with a narrative.

This is one of the things I enjoy the most, the collages that I made for my 70s project at the start of the course have this element of collage with a narrative. By this I mean how each part of the collage interacts with another part and creates a story which I can see in my mind.  This is part of my sketchbook for the 70s project: (if you look you can create your own narrative)

I then did my second sheet which was the actual illustration part. This was my first time attempting to illustrate and I am not satisfied with the outcome, I am not a fan of my drawings. I feel like they need to be more stylised and I needed to set them out better, I did have another idea however I pushed it aside due to time. I would have covered a sheet in charcoal and rubbed it in like Steven showed us in the collage workshop in the first few weeks and illustrated each part in a circle and stuck it on that sheet like a porthole. There would have been 22 illustrations on two sheets in rows of 4, 3, 4. But my issue is the style, how should I draw? And since then I have been perplexed with finding a style which I am satisfied with.