Monthly Archives: October 2010

Intuition or formula?

Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 by

Just read the elements of cute character design by Sascha Preuss. Interesting idea and I agree that babyish characteristics can make a character cute, but I think having a formula for your work will just make it look, well – formulaic. Better … Continue reading →

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Book experiments

Posted on Saturday, October 23, 2010 by

About making the first Balloon Girl book. First of all, I printed out lots of A4 storyboard templates and then drew each page of the story inside a 5cm square (most pages were two square double spreads). It worked to draw … Continue reading →

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Pet Hates

Posted on Saturday, October 23, 2010 by

I’ve been noticing this ‘ugly topiary’ street furniture for a while now and I decided to start snapping some with my iPhone. The funny thing is, you can start to enjoy something just by noticing it. So it’s a love … Continue reading →

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