2 Week Plan

For this two week period I will get my story board done. I will need to have a conference with John Norman, the author of the book. When I do this I hope to learn what style of illustration he wants, I know I will use watercolor but I don't know how detailed he wants each drawing to be. I also need to ask him where the text will end on each page before I can start the storyboard.

As references John will show me the works of other illustrators that I can use to build off of. I will also contact my dad for quick advice and answers to questions I might have along the way.
My goal by the end of these two weeks is to sit down and chat with John and finish my storyboard.
My time will be broken up as:
Monday: 45 minutes class
Tuesday: 45 minutes free 1 extra hour to work on sketches and placement
Wednesday: 45 minutes free to blog
Thursday: 45 minutes and 1 extra hour to work on sketches
Friday: 2 hours to transfer sketches onto a storyboard
Saturday: Another chat with John to make sure my sketches are going in the right direction
Sunday: Off
Monday: 45 Minute class
Tuesday: Blog and sketch 1-2 hours
Wednesday: "                 " 1-2 hours
Thursday: 45 minutes sketch into storyboard
Friday: sketch finish storyboard 2-3 hours
Saturday: finish storyboard and present to John 2 hours 

Dear Reader

As my WISE project I have chosen is to Illustrate a children's book and also to do the foot work in getting this book published. There is a question as to whether I want to publish this electronically or through a hard copy. My goal is to get the story board done by the end of these two weeks. And all of the illustrations and sketches done before the middle of March so I can begin the publication process. My interviewee told me that the illustrations take a long time so I will need to manage my time during that course. That is a fear of mine, in the past I have had a hard time finishing projects that I have started. Therefore I am fearful that I won't have enough time to publish if I take all this time to perfect the illustrations.

I chose this topic because I love everything about it, I love kids and I love art. I couldn't picture myself spending these 16 weeks on any other topic. As a child I had made my own illustrations to my favorite books and admired the work of other illustrators. It has always been a dream of mine to have my art in a children's book because I know how much kids love pictures and are moved by fun art. My interviewee stated that it's very hard to make a living off illustrating. So it's better as a hobby, and because I really enjoy drawing I found this to be the perfect project.