Pitch

After all my research, I have decided that I am going to create a children's book on children's fear of the dentist. My idea is that a schoolboy Timothy is off to the dentist after his day at school. He has no worries before hand but after speaking to his classmates, they start telling him of this scary and horrible woman. I want to show the ridiculousness of their ideas of the dentist, that its nothing to fear at all.

This is Lizzy's peer review of my idea: 

Keira will be producing a creative and tasteful children’s book taking inspiration from the work of Tang Yau Hoong. Her illustrations will incorporate bold shapes and colours that take on a negative space style, reflecting the theme of social issues that children may have to deal with on a day to day basis. The book will be a small A5 size, making it easy to carry and will be encased in a hard back cover to protect the 32 pages of precious artwork and story inside.

This is my peer review of Lizzy's idea:

Lizzy will be producing a wonderful children’s book touching upon children’s anxiety and ways of how they can overcome it. Colouring pencils and watercolour will be primarily used to create the vibrant and creative illustrations that will accompany her story. The book will be square in shape and of a decent size so that the illustrations an story can be easily read and admired. It will be encased in a hard back cover to protect the 32 pages inside. 

Characters 

When coming up with the characters, I wanted the “evil” dentist to be completely over the top and ridiculous. I wanted her to be something that the children envision as ludicrous and something that couldn't possibly exist. To achieve this, I have exaggerated many of her features and made her quite skeletal in appearance.

Timothy and the “normal” dentist I just wanted regular, friendly faces for these characters. Nothing over the top, just average and relatable to the children reading the books. Of course with the dentist, I wanted a friendly face to get the idea across that the dentist is nothing to fear.

Flatplans

Timeline 

1st December: Roughs done
15th February: Final illustrations to be completed
18th April: Book to be completed - this will then give me a week if there are any minor issues