I've been reading through some African children stories to find insperation and look what I can be expecting for myself to work it.And I must say that this is going to be very interesting!
Because, when I've read thourgh a few, I started to notice a pattern. And that pattern is that they all have a lesson to teach. I guess this is rather typical for children books, but what's suprised me is how they are teaching the children them. It's actually rather brutal themes in these books. They contained blood and death in a way stories for children never would have here in our part of the globe! People got eaten by wild animals piece by piece, or died by falling of cliffs or eating themself to death so that their belly kind of... exploded.
I showed some to my niece who is ten for that matter, and she just looked at them weirdly, kind of shocked she too. And this makes me wonder what kind of story I will be working with and if I will be able to get children interested in these kind of stories.
Art-wise I've almost started to panic. All these books ahve so many, and so detailed pictures! I'm not sure I will be able to pull that off. Maybe I'll do fewer more detailed pictures than I've planned, or that I'll do less detailed pictures, with focus on one or two objects/persons. I don't know yet, and I have to wait until I know what kind of story I'll work with.
lördag 16 oktober 2010
tisdag 14 september 2010
The Interview
Hello again!
Today as you might see, I already updated this blog, but I'll do it again, since I've finished the first draft for the adult interview.
Since the interview is gonna be recored the formation of the question isn't really important, more like a guideline for me.
These are the question so far. Do you think I should add others/remove anyone? It should help me get a picture of how the story of their choice is built and what it is about. Please comment if you have any ideas!
The interview:
Hello, my name is Lina and I'm a student from Sweden. What's your name?
I'm here to look into your cultures children stories and maybe myths. Do you know any?
What is this story about?
Do you know why this story were created? Does it have anything with your history to do?
Do you know where it's originated? And when?
What do you know about the character/s? Are they based on real people or created by someone?
What does the character/s look like?
How would you describe then settings? Are there a lot of dessert/forest/water?
Do you like this story?
Anything you would like to add?
Thank you for answering!
Today as you might see, I already updated this blog, but I'll do it again, since I've finished the first draft for the adult interview.
Since the interview is gonna be recored the formation of the question isn't really important, more like a guideline for me.
These are the question so far. Do you think I should add others/remove anyone? It should help me get a picture of how the story of their choice is built and what it is about. Please comment if you have any ideas!
The interview:
Hello, my name is Lina and I'm a student from Sweden. What's your name?
I'm here to look into your cultures children stories and maybe myths. Do you know any?
What is this story about?
Do you know why this story were created? Does it have anything with your history to do?
Do you know where it's originated? And when?
What do you know about the character/s? Are they based on real people or created by someone?
What does the character/s look like?
How would you describe then settings? Are there a lot of dessert/forest/water?
Do you like this story?
Anything you would like to add?
Thank you for answering!
The Plan
Hello!
This is my first entry here at the blog, and I want to start of with showing my plan for the coming year and the project. I will try to follow this as much as I can. The only thing about this plan that worries me is the fact that I have not so much do to this term, and most of it comes in the spring. But I can't do much about this, since my work is based on the information I'll get in Ghana. But I think I'll make it, actually, I have to make it! It's gonna be fun, I really do believe!
Projektplanen
36 Finnish the projectplan
37 Write interview questions
38 Write interview questions
39 Find a publisher
40 ----
41 Borrow children's books to find inpiration
42 Practicing on drawing Ghanian settings and people
43 Practicing on drawing Ghanian settings and people
44 ----
45 Look through the interviews, have all the material I need
46 Travel to Ghana! Interview people!
47 Interview people and compile the interviews
48 Start writing the draft for the fairytale
49 Finnish the story
50 Design the characters and decide how the book will look like
51 Start sketching and write info about those I have interviewed
52 Start sketching and write info about those I have interviewed
1 Start on the first picture and write info about those I have interviewed
2 Illustrate (1)
3 Illustrate (2)
4 Illustrate (3)
5 Illustrate (4)
6 Illustrate (5)
7 Illustrate (6)
8 Illustrate (7)
9 Illustrate (8) (
10 All art ready!
11 Finish the book
12 Finish the book
13 Talk to the publisher
14 Publish the book
15 Extra week
16 Extra week
17 Extra week
This is my first entry here at the blog, and I want to start of with showing my plan for the coming year and the project. I will try to follow this as much as I can. The only thing about this plan that worries me is the fact that I have not so much do to this term, and most of it comes in the spring. But I can't do much about this, since my work is based on the information I'll get in Ghana. But I think I'll make it, actually, I have to make it! It's gonna be fun, I really do believe!
Projektplanen
36 Finnish the projectplan
37 Write interview questions
38 Write interview questions
39 Find a publisher
40 ----
41 Borrow children's books to find inpiration
42 Practicing on drawing Ghanian settings and people
43 Practicing on drawing Ghanian settings and people
44 ----
45 Look through the interviews, have all the material I need
46 Travel to Ghana! Interview people!
47 Interview people and compile the interviews
48 Start writing the draft for the fairytale
49 Finnish the story
50 Design the characters and decide how the book will look like
51 Start sketching and write info about those I have interviewed
52 Start sketching and write info about those I have interviewed
1 Start on the first picture and write info about those I have interviewed
2 Illustrate (1)
3 Illustrate (2)
4 Illustrate (3)
5 Illustrate (4)
6 Illustrate (5)
7 Illustrate (6)
8 Illustrate (7)
9 Illustrate (8) (
10 All art ready!
11 Finish the book
12 Finish the book
13 Talk to the publisher
14 Publish the book
15 Extra week
16 Extra week
17 Extra week
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