I chose to write a story because I wanted a bit more of a challenge on my hands then just to illustrate one. And I gravitated towards doing the scary story which had to be based on moral consequences.
I thought I'd be good at coming up with ideas for this one, because I have a younger sister that I feel needs to be taught a few lessons ...she is the youngest and the youngest are often said to be the most spoilt. This depends on what and how people judge what being spoilt is and obviously siblings younger and older will always have a comment on one another on how fair things are and should be. However my sister truly is spoilt and she knows it. So what do you do to shake them of their greedy ways...and this is where my imagination opened up.
I had a few ideas for a moral consequence, some were quite gruesome, but the one I wanted to draw up straight away was the idea of the spoilt girl being told she has been given three chances to change her ways or she'll start to turn into a real life size doll...with sewn on knitted eyes, mitten doll hands and feet and cotton straw like hair. And on every birthday she gets to see a glimpse of herself in the mirror of what she'd look like as the girl she once was.
I am aiming this book at children ages 5-12 as I thought the age for learning valuable lessons are at that age....and I don't think this book is too scary (it's maybe a little depressing) but its scary enough for young children and hopefully learn from it to be appreciative of the things they have, the things they would like to have and things they receive. It doesn't cost anything to say thank you!
Here are some of my sketches...
My character is called Penny in the story.
She trashes her toys and makes up that they had broke on her so that she has an excuse for getting new toys.
I also decided to make the charter 3D and photograph still scenes....
And by the end of the day she becomes a doll.. and on every birthday, she gets a glimpse of herself in the mirror as the girl she once was.
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