Digital Graphics Evaluation

Does your final product reflect your original
intentions?
The majority of my final product followed the general direction of my digital flat plans
alongside my initial planning.
There are obviously different changes from the first storyboard that I made, and then used
to reference and create my digital flat plans. The main change is the placement of text,
although you could also say that a huge change would be the eighth page as the original
indented idea didn't really work when I tried to create it, well it did actually however when I
looked back at it I felt that in comparison to other pages I created that it didn't fit well
enough.
I also made so changes on my digital flat plan compared to my initial storyboard to try and
incorporate different shot types as when you look at my storyboard the whole thing is
created with the same shot more or less.
In my proposal I discussed different aspects such as the colours I would use, as well as the
type of language my text will be based around/included and how this will all help to appeal
to my intended target audience.
Therefore I believe that not only does my final product reflect my original intentions but
also reflects a product that would be suitable for the intended audience.

Comparing my digital flat plan of my first page to my actual first page
that I made I am overall happy with the way it turned out, although
there are elements that I wish I could improve (making the hills more
defined so that the path looked better more so towards the back of the
page). I think that although not completely, I have stayed true to my
original idea/concept.
I feel like overall it my final page product fits the my original concept
and even the buildings are pretty similar style, such as the colour
scheme.
Again I believe that I haven't stayed completely true to my original
intentions however I have stayed as close to the original concept as
possible.
For my second page I have not only combined the idea for my digital flat
plan for the most part, for example the overall layout of the buldings
and characters as well as the placement of text, but also my storyboard,
which I drew, denoted a pig within the house.
I did this because it would make it clear to the audience about the
conflict between both characters but it would also be a good
introduction as well instead of having all three pigs on the first page.

My third page was a lot more a combination of ideas not only from my
digital plan but also from my storyboard as well. I original thought that I
could get a side view of the whole scene for this page but after trying to
create both characters I found out that I couldn't go with that original
idea so therefore for the most part I had to stick with my originally main
idea from my storyboard for the majority of the page such as word
placement etc, though I decided to change it a little have the pig
character stood up right, as denoted on the digital flat plan as well as
showing the full body of the wolf
This for me was the hardest to create as I wanted to change up the different shot
types or at least the arrangement of the characters on the page and therefore
essentially scrapping the originally idea I had created for my storyboard however
I believe that is stayed true to my original intention in terms on my digital flat
plan and the overall direction for this page as the main concepts such as
introducing the house of sticks and the wolf trying to get in are included.
I tried to make increase the shot type so that I was a close up however when I did
this I found that there was no room for the text any where on the page and the
small gap I could position the text into wouldn't mean I would have to change the
colour of the text so that I would be readable and therefore there wouldn’t be
any consistency between my pages. I feel like out of all the pages this one and
the eighth page are the ones that don't reflect my original intentions as much.

How well have you constructed
your images?
In terms of the colour scheme and how that fits into the
appeal to my audience I think that overall for this page it
didn't turn out to bad.
When looking at the image as a whole I am proud of the
layout and the position of the components within the
page such as the text, the houses and the trees and I
think that they really work well to fit together and
complement each other.
I feel like I have used the layout well to denote all three
house to the audience as well as setting the scene, visual
appearance links in with the narrative. For example by
making the house three different sizes it shows the
difference in location.
The only concern I have with this page is the colours, not
the colour scheme as I think that works well but the way
in which the colours look. For example when looking at
the house of straw the colours looks very bold and harsh
in comprassion to the background and the trees.

your images?
There are elements within this image that I like for
example the overall layout and position of characters
and text within the page that work well together so that
nothing is overshadowed.
In terms of construction and arrangement of the page I
think that I could possibly move the house back slightly
so that I can use the space more effectively and
therefore there shouldn't be as much as a blank space
that there is now.
Again I found that the building in terms of colour is to
much of a stark contrast against the background.
I think in terms of colour and texture that my wolf
character fits in well with the page as well as my other
character, pig.

your images?
When looking at the overall visual appearance of this
image, I feel like I am conflicted as I don't know if the
text fits well within the page. I know that it fits, as in
the audience will be able to read it but I feel like it's
out of place if I moved it slightly more to the left of
the page then I feel like it might visualy look better.
When I originally wanted to make this page I tried to
create it with a side view however that didn't work
out as well as I had hoped so therefore I made it how
it was.
I recreated my wolf and made my pig and I am happy
with how they both turned.
Everything fits in well with the text and the colours
match for previously page so therefore there is some
consistency throughout.
Again it's not as bad as pervious pages but I can still
notice that the house of sticks is still quite harsh
against the background and surrouding elements
within the page.

your images?
I like the layout of this one especially since it is a change
from the style that I have used on the other pages, I feel
like it gives the audience a break from the repetition.
In terms of texture and visual appeal I like the way that
my wolf has turned out, I tried to make him different on
every page even if the detail was just saw so that the
character wouldn't become repetitive and therefore
boring with the audience.
The building on this page I feel has roughly the same
texture and colour so therefore it doesn't feel so harsh
agasint other elements in the page.
The edges of the wolf I feel are a softer texture then the
other characters I created (I think this is because I
changed the hardness of the brush)

your images?
This is one of my pages that I am least happy with,
more so with visually how the wolf turned out. I tried
to change the angle of wolf to make it more visually
appealing however it didn't turn out quite as well as I
hoped and I feel like the wolf doesn't look much like
he does on the other pages.
I feel everything fits well onto the page and the text
is readable and consistency with the previous pages.
I am happy with the visual tone of colours on this
page the house compared to other pages doesn't
seem as much of a stark and vibrant contrast and the
pigs fit in page in terms of colour and how they blend
well.

your images?
The layout of this image works well as all the
characters are visible and the text is clear and
readable.
I have carried in with the consistency with the
colour scheme throughout the images and have
included other details such as the clouds, trees
and grass/mushrooms.
The colours work well together and unlike
other pages there isn't much difference in
texture.
I will also change the text as well as "wolf"
should be a capital is it is the name of a
character and I would rearrange the order of
the words so it was "Let me in!" "No! No! No!"
The three pigs chant back.

your images?
The arrangement of this image was pretty
similar to the pervious page so I moved
everything forwards so that it had much more
off an compact then the previous page, just so
the audience can have a change in layout, to
give it a visual appeal.
The layout works well and the text can be read
clearly. The character, in this case the Wolf, is
visible and the illustration and the text link
together.

your images?
I'm very conflicted with this page as I'm proud
of how it turned out yet I know there are
several improvements to be made.
I tried to change the angle of the house and the
overall appearance so that it gave the
audience/reader a break from the
repetitive same shot pages and in a way it has
worked but in others it hasn't.
The issue with this page is that house has been
created using different tools and therefore they
are all slightly different textures which
alongside the weird angle make the image look
slightly abstract in terms of colour consistency.
Compared to the other pages the Wolf is also a
different colour and a different texture.
I think that the in terms of layout that the text
is yes readable but only just and if I could I
would try and improve that even if it means
rearranging the overall layout of everything on
the page.

your images?
The layout of this image is very simplistic and I
like that about it as it has the main focal point
of the page in the center.
I feel however even though this page is quite
simplistic that it is constructed well, as the
characters are all visible to the audience and
the text is clear and easy to read. Another thing
about the text is that it reinforces what the
illustration is trying to portray.
In terms of colour and texture they all I think
both elements work well together. The
characters are slighlty brighter then other
aspects within the page but that doesn't detire
the audience away as they are pretty central.

your images?
This is a pretty similar layout to the first page
which I talked about in my proposal.
In terms of colour and texture this page has a
few issues as well as merits.
For example overall the colours work well
together and nothing is to overpowering.
In terms of colours however if you look at the
house of straw you will see that it has gone a
lot darker compared to the pervious pages and
doesn't therefore fit in with the colour
consistency.
I think that because both the house of bricks
and the three pigs are so bright and slightly
harsh against the background they cancel each
other out.

How well have you used text to anchor
your images
When looking back at my work I believe that the majority, if not all of my
illustration match the text present on the page as well (this works well
because of the target audience that I have aimed my children's book at).
Due to the younger audience, 4-5 year olds, by having the text anchor
the illustration/images it will later on help them to understand and link
their words together with visual images, which will help them when they
come to actually read themselves.
As you can see from the examples that in comparison to my own book
other products available also use little text, yet the text is still used well
to anchor the images.
I also think that it helps that there isn't a lot of text on each page either
and that in terms of description, I have allowed the illustration to do that
for me, for the most part anyway.
A reason for this is that in comparison to other similar products
available, my own book has pretty generic and similar locations on each
page and the characters don't have that far to travel to get to the next
location/house. Compare this to other products that are targeted at the
same audience as mine some on them have different locations and
introduce more characters, as the story progresses, so therefore the use
of more writing is necessarily to offer and explanation to the change in
visual narrative. For example In the book the Gruffalo on his
journey throughout the book not only does he go to several very
different locations but he also meets different characters there as well
such as a snake, owl and a fox.
An improvement that I would suggest for myself when I go back again is
that I could maybe add more text on the last page just to round the
ending off more and make it a more sound resolution.

Is your product suitable for your
audience?
Yes my final product is suitable for it's audience.
The audience in which my children's book appeals to/is aimed at children aged
4-5 with and equal gender spilt which is also talked about and explained in my
proposal (Though I have changed the age range from 3-6 to 4-5 as I thought 3-
6 was a bit to board)
The reason that my product is suitable for the intended audience is because of
the large text font that is similar to other products on the market. Referring
back to my proposal I talked about the language that would be used and I
believe that I stayed to true to that initial idea of using simple language to
appeal to the audience.
I also mentioned in my proposal that the book would be more about the
narrative and visual aspects but after completing my book I believe that it is an
equal share between both the text and the illustration. Another thing that I
talked about within my proposal is about the use of the colours that I would be
intending to use and how that fits into the appeal for the audience.
Although I didn't stick to mainly primary colours as I stated that I would do
within my proposal I still used a bright colour scheme which is something that I
think helps to appeal to my intended audience and I can infer this because
other children's books that are currently on the market at the moment are full
or bright colour schemes as well.
I also believe that the use of colours that I used within my book alongside the
language reinforces the initial idea that the book will be suitable for a gender
neutral audience of 50% female and 50% male.

What do you like/dislike about the
techniques you have used?
When creating the buildings/houses I used the shape
tool, I found this tool to be effective and easy to use,
as I could just duplicate the layer if I wanted to use
the exact same shape in terms of colour and size. The
only problem with this is that it created some many
layers that yes I could group together but when I
wanted to edit just one layer it was hard to find it as it
would be pointless to name them as they were all the
same shape. Though later on when I wanted to
combine my houses and characters onto the same
page I found that you can combine all the layers and
create on layer – however this meant that the layers
all had to be perfect as I couldn't then un-combine all
said layers back to single ones.
I found when using the shape tool, more so when
creating my characters such as the pigs it was much
easier to make a more realistic character by using the
warp tool as I could transform the shape so that it
doesn't look as out of place on the page.

Another tool that I used was brush tool and I used this when
creating extra features on my page. I found this tool useful as
it was a lot easier to use then the shape tool. I could also find
different colours to match so that they were exactly the
same.
I did this buy selecting the brush tool and then hovering over
the colour that I wanted to use and then hold down "alt".
The only downside to using this tool was that if was to start a
new page that I wouldn't be able to find the exact same
colour again which was a slightly problem as this meant that I
couldn't have the same colour consistency throughout the
pages.
For example the path on the first page and then one of my
other pages later on aren't the same colour.
In saying this however I did find overall the tool to be very
useful for arrange of editing throughout my pages.

What do you like/dislike about
how your final product looks?
As mentioned before I am happy with the overall colour scheme
and how then blend well together as well as the apperance of
all three buildings. I am also very happy with the arrangement
of how my text turned out as well.
I also like the extra detail I added with the mushrooms and grass
as I feel like it ties the whole page together and doesn't leave it
looking as bland as it would without them.
I dislike the hills in the foreground as I feel like it doesn't allow
empathise on the path, this might be because the trees aren't
back enough, if I could improve this I would make the
hills slightly different shade than the first main hill just so that it
will give it a good contrast but also so that the path will look
more defined as it is continuing for somewhere else.
Another thing I would improve is the texture of the images, I
feel like the houses are to much of a stark contrast against the
background and other elements such as the trees
Also for some reason my the edge of some of the rectangles
made to create the house of straw have dense black edges and I
think this is because I rasterised the shapes when I was trying to
erase them so they were in line. I dislike how this makes it look
as they are odd in comparison so therefore I would try and
improve that if I have the chance.

What do you like/dislike about how
your final product looks?
I like the layout of the page so that everything blends in
nicely together so that nothing is overshadowed.
I also am happy with how my wolf turned out as a
character.
I am also happy with the added addition to the house of
sticks for the original building, I think that the added
edition of the curtains blends the character in better
and makes it look less abstract.
In terms of criticism and improvement I dislike the
house more importantly the door, it's not inline.
I don't essentially dislike but I would improve the trees
in the background by moving the back slightly or just
making them smaller as I think in terms of proportion
size they don't work well.

The aspects in which I am proud and like about this
page is the change I created with the wolf. I am happy
with how this turned out and that the change in
opacity reinforces the action, blowing the house
down, in which the text states.
I also like how my character, the pig, turned out.
Elements of this page that I dislike the position of the
text, I feel like it doesn't fit visually, although you can
read it. I feel like it should be moved slightly moved to
the left.
If I could improve this page at I would move the trees
in the background behind the wolf slightly up more or
make then smaller just to keep the visually space
consistency the same.
I am overall happy with how this page turned out
with how it originally looked before I changed the
angle and the layout – this is compared to my digital
flat plan.

I like the way in which my Wolf turned out. I tried to
make him different on every page even if the detail was
just small so that the character wouldn't become
repetitive and therefore boring with the audience. There
are however so improvements I would make such as the
difference in leg since, the leg of the left is thinner then
that on the right I would go into photoshop and make
the leg more dense so that is in proportion to the one on
the right but overall I like the way in which he looks.
I dislike the fact that when looking back at pervious
pages that the path is a different colour. The same
problem with the house of sticks on this page however I
feel like this is less visual problem compared to the path.
I like the difference in size of the trees to show visual the
change in distance/space.
There is also a gap on the field in-between the house
and the wolf and I think for improvement I would maybe
add some more detail just like I have done on the other
side with the grass, mushrooms and the addition bees or
maybe add a couple of trees. I also have noticed that
unlike with my other pages the sky doesn't contain any
clouds and so if I was to improve my work I would add
one just to keep up with the constancy again.

I tried to change the angle of wolf to make it more visually
appealing however it didn't turn out quite as well as I hoped
and I feel like the wolf doesn't look much like he does on the
other pages. This is something that I would go back and
improve on even if that does mean having the change the
layout and design of the page.
In note of that though the layout is something in which I am
happy with as I feel everything fits well onto the page and the
text is readable and consistency with the previous pages.
I tried to change the design slightly with the pig just the same
as I tried to do with the wolf to make the characters slightly
different on each page and I am happy with how this turned
out.
Another thing I would improve would be adding more detail
to the page especially in the gap between the text and where
the pigs are denoted. This is because overall I feel like the
page is slightly more bland than in comparison to other
pages, I don't even need to actually add anything else I could
just play about with the sizing of the characters and trees to
fill in the space.
I think that one of the reasons that I don't overall like the
page and the reason that it looks more bland compared is
because of the fact that unlike other pages I haven't included
smaller details such as the mushrooms, grass or even the
bees. I if were to improve this page I would either add one of
these elements or I would add a path just to keep with the
consistency as on the pervious page there is a path and now
there isn't.

One of the things I dislike about this page is the three
pigs within the house. I feel like it looks very abstract
more so the two pigs on the left, as I tried to add the
curtains to make it less harsh.
I also like the way my wolf looks again, with the
change in appearance but still he visually looks the
similar so that he would be recognisable to the
audience.
I am also proud of how my house turned out as well, it is
easily identifiable and it fits all three characters within in
it.
I will also change the text as well as "wolf" should be a
capital is it is the name of a character and I would
rearrange the order of the words so it was "Let me in!"
"No! No! No!" The three pigs chant back.
I don't necessary dislike the layout/position of the trees
but I feel like for an improvement that I could either add
some more or change the sizes of them as well as the
position so that they were further back. This is because I
feel like the their current position of them now doesn't
give a true representation of the visual space.
I dislike the mushrooms as they aren't complete
compared to other pages, as they have opposite colour
dots on them.

Overall I happy and proud of how this page
turned out. Everything fits and works well
together.
In terms of how my character, the Wolf, looks
on this page I like the design. I added the read
circle on his cheeks to make it look as if he is
out of breath to reinforce what the text is
saying but in a visual way, I think as an
improvement I would increase the opacity so
that it further reinforced this idea but making
his breath look heavier.
I don't actually dislike anything on this page but
there are improvements that I would include
and change.
For example I think that I would include more
tress and change the ones that are currently on
the pages size.
I would also either add some mushrooms, grass
and even bees as well as a path just so that
there is some similarities throughout each page
and it adds more detail to this page.

In terms of if I like this page or not I am very conflicted
are there are aspects that I like and then there are also
aspects that I dislike as well. For example I like the way
in which the wolf looks but in comparison to other
pages he is a different colour.
I also like the way in which all the characters are visible
on the page and are slightly different again so that there
is no repetition.
I like the way in which I tired to create a different angle
for the building to make it loom visaily more appealing
however it hasn't turned out as well as I wished.
I dislike the fact that the windows aren't inline with the
angle of the house and the different texture of the
house.
I in theory should have made everything as part of the
house follow the same angle.
The text is also apart of the page that is conflicting as
well because it is readable and it fits within the page
however I don't know if everybody could read it as it
might be slightly hard for some people.
In terms of visible appeal I like the fact that this page
isn't the same or even follow the same style and is a
much closer shot then the other pages.
Furthermore expanding on that point I have kept the
clouds as part of consistency throughout the pages.

This page is very simplistic and overall I am
happy with the outcome but there are aspects
that I would change. For example possibly
making the carpet more defined and adding
more detail or even adding detail into the
background such as pictures on the wall or
making the wall made out of bricks.
I am happy with how the my characters turned
out as they again have been changed slightly so
they don't look like carbon copies the only issue
I would have with them is that if they are
turned around would the ears still need two
different colours or not? I don't actually know
that one.
I dislike the line break on the fire/mantle place
in the left hand corner where I have tried to
join the two shapes together. If I could improve
I would use the brush tool to smooth this out.
I think as another improvement I should have
added a piece of woof in each of the characters
hand instead of just the last pig, the one on the
right.

The overall appearance of this page is something I am
like.
In saying that however there are elements that I would
change for example the change in colour of the house
of sticks although it is further away so it is less visible
the change in colour from all the other pages is still
noticeable.
I think that I should also edit the wolf character so that
his actions and facial expression relate more into the
actions that have just previously happened as well as
relate to the text that is currently on this page.
Similar to the issues on the first page I would make the
hills in the middle of the page either have a slightly
dark stroke or I should change the colour of the hill in
the background so that it is a different colour, this is
just to emphasize the distance in space.
In the right hand side of the page above the pigs there
is a blank space and I think that I should have filled that
with mushrooms, grass in which I have tried to do
throughout the other pages just to make the space
look less of a void.
I like the way in which I changed the size of house and
trees to show/infer the change in distance from the
front of the page, this is the same with the Wolf who I
have made smaller to infer this point but to also fit on
the path.

Why did you include the content you
used?
Throughout my story I had four characters and they were 3 pigs and a wolf.
When planning, what I mean by this is my digital flat plan I had chosen an image to
visually represent the characters but not only that there actions and this is something I
wanted to do within my actually final pages as well. For example when the text states
that the Wolf is blowing down the house I want my character who in this case the wolf
to show this visual as well.
Furthermore I also wanted to make the characters more visually appealing by changing
the appearance slightly of the characters so that they aren't just a carbon copy or
become boring to the audience.
When talking about planning I also mentioned in my mind-map that I wanted to make
each character in this case I am referring to the three pigs to make them three different
colours so that they would be easily identifiable, I was originally going to make them
the same colour as their building so yellow for the pig with the house of straw, brown
for the pig with the house of sticks and lastly the third pig would be red to infer the
house of bricks. This idea worked well until I came across the house of sticks and I
found that this made him much to dark as a character, so therefore I changed the
characters outfit to blue and the reason behind this was because I talked about in my
planning that due to the target audience in which I am trying to appeal and market my
book at I would use primary colours and blue is a primary colour. I also tried to
alongside making the outfits different colours to make the slightly different as well this
links into my earlier point about not wanting to make them carbon copies, for example I
made the first pig, the one dressed in yellow, have dungarees, the second pig, have
sleeves as part of the top and the last pig was just a plain red shirt.

used?
Due to audience in which my book is trying to appeal to, is a
younger audience it meant that the characters had to have an
element of "fun" to them and couldn't be scary.
I can infer this from other children's books who have also done
their adaption of the "The Little Pigs" but also other stories out
there on the market in which use animals as characters.
This is one of the reasons that when the wolf is on the roof of
the house of bricks he doesn't look scary and it is also the
reason that when the wolf is being denoting trying or blowing
the houses down the teeth in which I added as extra detail
aren't being emphasised on.
(The example of the left is an example of the wolf from the
ladybirds book "The Three Little Pigs")

used?
I only used on font throughout all my pages, as this was so that it was
easy for the audience to read. The font in which I used was on that I
found on Dafont, alongside a few other fonts as part of my planning.
I chose this font because I found that it was easy to read for both the
parents and later on/possibly younger children.
Alongside the use of font I think another aspect that works well is the use
of spacing between each word, it makes the written look bigger and less
compact and furthermore will again help a younger audience to be able
to read the words better, in theory.
I also chosen this font because it was simplistic and not overly embolised
and therefore it fits with the genre and style of the story. For example if
was to chose the story Princess and The Pea then I might use a heavily
embolised font, to fit with the style/genre conventions of a medieval
story but I would also make the drop cap on every page over the top but
because my story doesn't have a set time period nor is got any real
historical context/background the use of any other font then the one I
used or similar would be irrelevant.
This is the same reasons for the style of writing and use of language that
is used for the text. It is made up of short sentences, and simplistic
language to help a younger audience, not only to relate the words to the
text but also because there isn't any need for anything more complicated
as the overall story of the "The Three Little Pigs" is very much a
straightforward story as well.
Furthermore expanding on this point because the story isn't a "fairy tale"
or included any princesses or princes I found that there was no need for a
drop cap as it wouldn't fit the genre convention.

used?
I talked about the use of colours and how I would use them within my proposal. In my proposal I
mentioned how I wanted to use a bright colour scheme as it would not only appeal to the target
audience but similar books for the same age group and demographic have similar colour schemes.
I also wanted to try and incorporate primary colours somehow as I felt like this would also appeal to a
younger audience, this is one of the reasons why the second pig, has a blue shirt instead of a brown
one, firstly because brown was too dark and secondly because blue is a primary colour.
The reason for the majority of colours choices I have used within my final product is because it makes
sense, for example I made my characters the colour in which you associate them with. When people
especially younger children think of a pig they think of the colour pink therefore I that’s the reason I
chose to use pink to represent the pigs as characters, not only because of the associate with the
audience but because of the story and the fact that it isn't an adaptation from the original therefore it
would make no logical sense to change the colour.
The same with the other character the Wolf, I chose to go with a dark grey not only because that is a
colour represented with the animal but because it's a much darker colour in comparison to the pinks
and therefore it will add a contrast in terms of characters visual appearance.
I tried to keep most of the pages with a bright colour scheme to keep the audience visually stimulated
and therefore engaged throughout however there are a couple of pages such as page nine and page
eight that are slightly darker than I would have hoped for.

What signs, symbols or codes have you
used in your work?
Originally when I first started this project and started to plan the book I wanted to make to third pig,
house of bricks, to wear glasses so that he would be conveyed as the smartest pig out of the three
however I changed this idea during my planning stage to instead go with the idea of having three
different colour clothes instead to identify the characters, when looking back though I could have
included the glasses as well as the different colour outfits.
When designing the wolf for the page in which the character attempts to blow the house of bricks down
I added an extra detail of making his checks look red to emphasize that he is trying his hardest, but he is
running out of breath. As people associate red checks as being out of breath.
I also added teeth the wolf in some of his different designs as well to show that he is a dangerous
character.
A very basic part of this is the fact that I have book has been wrote in English, this is mainly because of
the audience in who the book is aimed but that already gives the book some cultural aspects
furthermore you could expand this with the grammar that is used within the text. For example when
the wolf tries to break into the house the pigs respond with "No! No! No!" The use of the exclamation
points add a different tone and meaning to the words as well as the repetition to reinforce this. This
links in with how the characters actions mirror or visually show emotion/action to what the text is trying
to express.
As an improvement for this work I could add more detail with each character for example I could make
the wolf have a bright red collar for example, this would emphasize the fact that he is the bad character
of the story as one of the connotations of red is danger.

What signs, symbols or codes have you
used in your work?
In terms of location there are a few various aspects throughout that help to further
extended the meaning.
For example the overall story and tone of the book is meant to be happy and light-hearted
as it is a children's book therefore this is one of the main reasons that sky is denoted bright
blue throughout the pages on the book, this infers that the sun is out and that it’s a nice
day without having to denote the sun on each page or use text to try and set the
scene/tone.
You could also infer the location is based more around the countryside and this is because
of the lack of any other buildings or characters that you are likely to get within a city for
example but also the use of hills present within most pages, as well as several trees
denoted in the background. Again the lack of background being busy infers that the location
is fairly quite in terms of footfall/traffic.
There is also a lack of more up to date items such as a concrete or even a brick path, it is
denoted as more a trail and you could also infer that the colour of the path suggest that I
could be made of sand, worn dirt.
The extra details as well such as the small blades of grass, mushrooms and even the bees
are something you wouldn't likely see in a busy city and therefore can infer that the
location is more remote.

What representations can be found in
your work?
Due to the fact that my story doesn't feature any human characters but instead I have
animals taking on human characteristics such as talking I can't refer to the
representation of men, woman or children in much detail.
I tried to keep my book as gender neutral as possible so therefore I tried when writing
the text for each page not use pronouns as 'He' or 'She'. This is also something
mentioned in my proposal and my audience research where I wanted to try and
market the book at an equal gender spilt therefore 50% female and 50% male.
However there were a couple of instances where just with the Wolf that I referred to
the character as a 'he'. You can then in turn link this in with the representation of
males and how in most stories the villain is usually always a male character.
Again due to the structure and narrative of the story there isn't much I can talk about
or infer from my final product about age, race, social groups or even religion as I don'
think any of that is present within my story or if there is elements it is clarified by
either the narrative or the illustration.

What representations can be found in
your work?
In terms of new characters there is a lack of variety as you could argue that there is
only two types of characters within the story, which would be a wolf and a pig. This is
one of the reasons however that I tried to make each of the three pigs different not
only in terms of the different colours clothes that they would be wearing but the style
in which they are worn is different as well which is something I mentioned before in a
previous slide.
You could infer that the lack in variety between characters emphasises the contrast
between them, linking back to my previous comment about colours, and therefore
also highlights the conflict present between them.

What style have you employed in your
products?
Overall the visual style for my product, children's book, is simplistic in terms of the
detail that is visually available to the audience.
I tired to create a cartoon style for my book as I didn't want to make it realistic, one
because that was a skill was wasn't good nor confident in but also because I found
that to fit in with the story of having animals taking on human traits and
characteristics that it would be more ideal for them to be portrayed as a cartoon.
When I looked at similar products online I found that they also had the same style as
my book, or similar, animals as cartoon using human characteristics. They also made
each character individual as well, which is something that I tried to do as well.
Different books tried to do this in different ways for example one book I looked at with
the same story as mine, had the three little pigs not only dressed the same but also
act different. For example the pig who had the house of straw was denoted with the a
straw hat and a piece of wheat was always seen in his mouth and he was portrayed to
be a much less intelligent character in comparssion to the other two. The third pig
with the house of bricks was portrayed to be much smarter than it's siblings not only
by the way in which the character talked but also by other aspects such as the detail in
his house, all the books.

What were the strengths and weaknesses
of the pre-production and planning
My planning and therefore also my research went
pretty well in terms of how it benefitted my final
project.
I found that there were both elements that I found
useful and also parts that for me personally were
pretty unhelpful. When I first started this project
there was a pro-forma that we had to complete on
there were different tasks that we had to
complete.
There were some like the shape task and
rotoscoping that really helped me because that is
what I used within my final project and without
using/creating the images I did as part of my pre-
production I wouldn't have learnt/further
developed my skills within photoshop with the
necessarily tools.

This is also the same case with other pieces that I did as
part of my pre-production such as text based skills,
narrative environment and film quotes. They all contributed
to help further develop my skills that in turn contributed to
me being able to produced my final children's book at the
standard that it is.
By learning how to use these text tools in more depth
allowed for me to not only space out the text better but
also make sure that I was at a good text size will not limiting
the visual narrative space. It also meant that I could make a
good text size will the necessarily spacing between the
words that goes hand in hand with the target audience (3-6
year old's) this book is aimed at.
Where as the film quote task helped me learn not only how
to link text and an image together on a page but also the
importance of the ratio between both of them in terms of
how much space each of them take on the page without
them over powering each other which was a huge help
within my children's book when adding the text to it,
alongside my digital plans as well.

The narrative environment allowed me to learn how not only to combine the shape task
tool skills that I learnt but also other methods such as rotoscoping and other tools such
as burning and dodging, wrap tool as well as the brush tool which allowed for me to
create the visual background and characters within my own children's book.

However there were elements for me personally I didn't find helpful at all in creating
my final project, yes I learnt new skills that I didn’t have before and further developed
skills I already had within photoshop but I didn't find them at all helpful in the creation
of my children's book.
For example in the pre-production stage as part of this pro-forma there was a task that
we had to do within photoshop were we had to get an existing photo and then edit
said photo to give it a comic book effect. I found the task to be helpful in terms that I
learnt how to give an image that effect but when it came to making my children's book
the skills I learnt didn't come into use at all.
Another task that we did was drawing a character that you created yourself and then
scanning onto the computer, I found this task to be overall time consuming and I
thought that I could have used the time more effectivity for something more
productive and one of the reasons for this is that I can't draw, well anything good and
therefore this isn't something I will would be using within or as part of my final project,
the only good ponit from that task is that I learnt how to scan documents to make
them digital so that later on in the project with aspects such as my storyboard I was
able to upload it onto the computer.
Furthermore there was another task, photo story, in which we had to take photos that
again I found to be pretty time consuming but it did help me get a better
understanding on storyboarding and that knowledge is something I transferred over to
my final product when creating my revised storyboard.

My research and planning went well as it gave me a better understanding how and where I
wanted to take my children's book and visually how it would work and using those elements
together to appeal to a target audience.
For example by creating a mind map it let me write all my ideas out onto paper so that later on
I could look back and further develop those ideas but also by creating a mood board it let me
express of the different ideas that I had visually that I possibly couldn't get out into words
without it not making a sense. Then I would be later on able to narrow down to what my final
idea is meant to look like.
I found that peer feedback was useful in helping me to further develop my proposal and
therefore better understand the direction I want to develop my children's book to fit the target
audience but also create my book.
This in turn contributed as a strength towards my final project but I found the other part of the
peer feed back the, Idea generation, to be a bit of a waste of time because yes it allows for
people to give there opinion on your idea and concept but because they aren't part of the
target audience that you are aiming the book/project at then does their opinion actually
something I could validate any real changes on.
Something I found to be a great strength when creating my final project was also creating and
condensing the original script into my own shorted version that I would use within my
children's book. This helped because the final script allowed me to be able to visually picture
how I wanted the book to look and therefore contributed to the creation of my digital flat
plans and it also allowed for me to change the ending so that instead of the pigs burning the
wolf and eating him he just ran away. This change was made so that the story would better suit
the audience.

In terms of my planning booklet I found that overall that was very helpful more so the
production schedule. In saying that however although the start of the planning booklet didn't
add anything to the final product that I made I did find it interesting to research into different
elements that go into making a children's book such as copyright, regulations and quantity for
example and I feel like I could transfer those later on a different project I may come across, as
well as the skills I learnt in photoshop as part of my development pro-forma. The production
schedule allowed for me to start to visually put into perspective how I would create my
children's book and break it down into simple elements such as something simple as
downloading the font from Dafont, to making several different versions of the characters.
It also helped me in terms of time management of what I need to do when as it would allow
for me to stick to the schedule as I could keep referring back to, which in turn kept me more
focused especially with my ADHD, so if I felt myself losing focus I could refer back to the
schedule and tell myself that I only had to finish creating said character and then I was done
for that session.
Although this was a huge strength my actual own time management skills actually turned out
to be a weakness and this meant that I had to find another time to complete the sessions that I
missed, so I came in on wednesday, my day of and condensed the two days I missed into one
day by combining the sessions. I think that without the production schedule that I wouldn't
have been able to do this as affectively as I did.

Historical and cultural context
This story has been around for a very long time and throughout time different versions and adaptions have
been created to fit with the change in time and culture.
If you were to compare my final product with that of pervious work you will see that in some aspects it
very different and in others, more recent editions that my work is similar.
For example very earlier on work the story was much darker and violent but overtime the story has
become less violent and dark to fit with the change in parenting and views on children throughout society
especially in European and Western cultures. This is one of the reasons that I changed the originally script
to a much more child friendly ending.
The different versions of this story in which you will find not only have changed because of the difference
in societies views on children and parenting but also because of the way in which it has been passed
down. What I mean by this is that years ago there where only certain ways in which people could access
information or in this cases stories that was either through books and word of mouth and each time a
person tells a story they will always change elements and adapt the story to either appeal more to them
or because that it is how they remember the story therefore the version will always change even slightly.
In addition this now if you want to access or find a story you will find several different versions (such as
audio book for example) and you can also find several different adaptions and that is because the world is
a much more connected place.
Furthermore because the story is so old there is't a real copyright law as such because there is no official
owner therefore people are allowed to change the story to make it fit and appeal more to the time and
culture.
For example if you compare my book that I have produced to a much older version you will find not only
does mine had less text but it is much easier for a younger audience to understand in terms of the type of
language/words used.
If you were to compare my finished product to that of more recent versions that are on the market at the
moment you will find that they have much more in common and similar parts to them.
For example the text is much shorter and not only the text but also the illustration has a much happier and
brighter tone. The colours used are much more vibrant as well.

Historical and cultural context
The use of technology has also changed the outcome and appearance of children's
books for example older versions of books has little illustration and more
text furthermore the illustration will have been draw using pen and in some cases ink.
Older versions may not even have any colour.
Compare this to my own book and more modern versions very little are visually appear
to be hand draw, most of the books are created by a computer on software such as
photoshop and they contain a lot more colour.
In addition the books have a much more equal split in terms of narrative text and
illustration.

Peer Feedback
What do you like about the graphics?
Like the wolf detailing i.e. the stomach and facial features. Nice variety of colour on the first page, it
makes it very visually appealing especially if you are targeting a younger audience. Pig’s are very cute
and suitable for the younger audience
What would you do to develop the graphics
Background on the second image could do with a little more detail to make it bit more interesting.
House might work better of it was straight as the windows and chimney aren’t angled
What I thought about the feedback
I agree with the fact that I maybe shouldn't have tried to make my house be on an angle – however that
was the only way that I could make it so that my wolf was seen to be climbing the house. I agree that
the second image could also do with more detail – for example making it clear that the fireplace is
linked to the chimeny and maybe adding more personal detail such as a chair or a picture on the wall. I
possibly could have added more detail on the rug as well instead of just making it on block colour.

I like the design of the wolf’s fur and facial features, and how the three pigs each have different coloured
clothing and all have different facial expressions on the first page. The placement of the text also looks
visually appealing.
What would you do to develop the graphics?
The angles of the house on the right page looks a bit skewed. The horizontal lines of the windows and
bricks should be parallel to the line of the roof above them.
Again I also agree that the angles of the house are a bit off and I also agree that the windows should be
in line. I think that as an improvement I would either change the layout of the whole page instead of
having the house on an angle. I'm glad that the placement of text was also found appealing as that was
one of the issues that I had with that page.

I like the way in which you’ve constructed your pages, with the text inside the pages, I also like how
you’ve created your characters I feel they look very effective, the wolf itself has been made well. The
pigs have been made to look quite cute which helps to appeal to a young audience of children.
What would you do to develop the graphics?
The pages have been made well however I feel that more detail could have been added to them,
perhaps more objects inside the house or maybe even more detail on the expressions of the three
pigs.
I think that possibly on the eighth page with the third pig that the facial expression will possibly need
more detail however the other two pigs I thought in comparison to the other pages in which I have
used them that the change in facial expression was sufficient. I also agree with like what has been
mentioned in my other feedback that more so on my ninth page there should be more detail within
the house even if that detail is subtle so that it doesn't deter or overpower the image.

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