Simplifying the visual style

Moving away from colour

And then away from texture to create flat black and white illustrations.

Illustration Style Explorations

Here's a look at the possible directions in which the illustration style can head:

Silhouettes in water colour

well defined, coloured illustrations in water colour and pen

using textures as cut outs with silhouettes

black and white, silhouettes

well defined, detailed, black and white strokes.

Design Development - Character Design

Here are some rough sketches and coloured iterations of the first draft of character designs for the storybook.