Interim Critique

People responded well to our cartoon designs which was a good sign as we considered that they could be seen as patronising. A main response was that the black and white designs worked best, possibly because they appeared more 'adult' than the others.

Advice:

• Include googly eyes in the composition to emphasise the cute aesthetic.
• Trial a dark blue instead of the black to appear more contemporary.
• A receipt or bookmark could be developed to write serious advice to parallel the random illustrations in the book.
• Use survey monkey to find other funny stories from students which can be used from the illustrations.

It became clear that the aesthetic of children's book was how we should present this book. So the next step was to have a look at current and classic children's books and the techniques they use.