From the monster illustration that I did at the beginning of the process of making my book, I have gone back and decided to make it into a double page spread as this is a key moment in the book and I think that with the composition it will be more powerful with a plain background. Thus, I had a slightly textured paper overlaid on the background so that it could separate the distinct illustrations from it. I then went onto composing the assets into their positions so that I could see how it would look, especially with the simplicity of the colour palette. The background above was chosen for the subtly and the almost monochrome colour palette. Looking back at this, I don’t think that it works because of the textured background which isn’t featured in any of the other pages within the book. Also, it isn’t clear to the audience that it is still underwater; however, I love the contrast and simplicity as it is powerful juxtaposed against the distinct nature of the surrounding illustrations on the pages beforehand.
To see how it would work, I went onto changing the textured background with the sea texture on it. I thought that this may make it obvious to the demographic that they are still underwater, but the grey background doesn’t go with the aesthetic and it looks too dull. By doing this quick experiment, I have learnt that I need to have a brighter background to do it justice; both for the chsracter illustrations and the previous pages within the book. Thus, with these ideas in mind, I will make the background bright and interesting without drawing focus from the monster.
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