Rethinking Idea

The group peer review with Fred yesterday, was quite eye opening for me. I realised after talking about my idea and listening to what other people had to say about it, that need to think more outside the box. I feel that I need to think about how I can make this one more innovative, otherwise it won't be any different from the children's books that I have illustrated already! Making it more interactive was something that was suggested to me, looking at different formats than just a bog-standard children's picture book could really help to push my skills and this project along.

Today I decided to go out and do some research. I went to a couple of bookstores and had a look around in the children's section. Firstly, I looked at the educational books that are already available, as I want my book to be somewhat educational too. I wanted to see if they have any that provides the reader with not just knowledge but also with the element of fun, and how they have done this. I came across a couple of science pop-up books and thought this was a good way to keep the readers interested in what they're learning and the hands on, three dimensional diagrams makes explaining things more easily.

I was quite excited with the idea of making a pop-up book, so I had a look at a couple of others and there are some really stunning ones out there - Robert Sabuda's The Little Mermaid was one of them! After thinking more about it, I am now leaning towards making a pop-up book as this would also further develop my paper crafting skills. However, if I were to do this, I feel I would need to deal with a topic that is less intense, where information is readily available through the net or books, as I feel that I won't have the time to do completely new research whilst also learning to make nice and complex looking pop-ups.