Emil and the Detectives
Research
After doing the first book cover and quite enjoying the process, I thought I should give another one a go. I decided to choose the children's book, as I was curious to see if I could adapt my set of creative skills to produce illustrations appropriate for children. Even though, I actually have no personal interest in children's illustration, I thought that that shouldn't be a reason for me not to try - as I could really enjoy it.
I firstly did some research to see what were the current Emil and the Detective book covers. Although I wasn't really expecting much, as I knew this book was from around the 1930s, so didn't think I'd find many or any contemporary covers. But, I'm glad of this, as this was something I found hard about the previous book cover, too much current visual material!
For some reason, there seemed to be a sea of mustard yellow when I searched Emil and the Detectives into Pinterest. I'm not sure if there's a particular reason for this, or maybe they loved it in the 1930s. So I think maybe I should avoid using this as the base colour. By looking at these covers, I think using an analogue style would suit it best, maybe using gouache? or watercolour? I think I should collage it, so painting the figures individually then putting them together on the page. I think maybe that this would work well for a children's book design, but we'll see.
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