2D+Design+in+Children's+Books

Effective 2D Design can be manifested in children's books. Please post two examples of effective 2D Design in children's books. Which of the elements of design are used in the creation of these pages? How have they (the elements) been used to show the principles of design. Write a brief description that includes your responses to these questions.

=Instructor Postings= [|Molly Bang - Picture This: How Pictures Work]

= = =Student Postings= Nicole Vonderau When You Give a Moose a Muffin The illustration on the cover of the story shows great texture with the muffin's steam and in the moose's fur and antlers. In addition, the cover also displays illusion of motion. It shows illusion of motion in the steam of the muffins.

Melissa Harp //A Child's Garden of// //Verses// Illustrated by Bessie Collins Pease Gutmann The Illustration's focal point is the cow first then the girl. I feel that the cow is the main focal point because it's defining line is more pronounced thhan the girl's. Some may beliee that this picture is off balance due to the position of the two, but it is actually quite symmetrical, the girl, cow and the small dapples of objects all equal the same amount when compared to the grass. This is a successful example of design.

//Happy Hoildays// Illustrated by Ruth Mary Hallock This design demonstrates balance. The gradation of children is balanced out by the dark lines, which are stockings, gradating above thier heads (children are large to small, stockings are large to small.) You could also claim this as repetition of line. The focal point seems to be the girl with the blue ribbons in her hair and the rest of the children. Because of the proximity of the children I feel as if they are one whole object.

Kim Rushin when i look at this childrens book, the focal point is on the left side because the colors are so different and more bold than the background of this image. the background is also a great example of rhythm and motion. as you can see the clouds, the little people on leaves, and the sparkles, are all moving in the same motion.

LeeAnn Stromyer



Children Book Design & Illustration: Juk's Adventure ( [|freelance-graphic-design.com/ en/juks_adventur...]) Juk's Adventure books demonstrate fantastic element of design because it demonstrates the use of color variation while maintaining unity and balance. In the ver top illustration there is repetition in shapes and color with unify the picture. I believe that the repetition in shapes and color help magnify the authors purpose of incorporating shapes.



THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET Written and illustrated by Brian Selznick. ( [|www.nytimes.com/slideshow/ 2007/11/11/books/re...])

Brian Selznick's illustration has fantastic value and emphsis on the two figures. While there is a lot going on in this image, it is balanced because it is looked at as a whole and has one focal point. This heavely displays design and it helps the reader to further interpret the message of the page or the story.

Korrine Hallen (Amelia Bedelia, Jambo means hello: swahili alphabet book.)( Peggy Parish, Muriel and Tom Feelings)

This book cover shows proportion from the tent, fish, boat and trees. Instead of the tent in the background being so big, it is small b/c as things fade in the back they become smaller. This book cover shows focal point on the girl and it also shows emphasis on the figures in the background. If the girl was right in the middle the picture would be off and if the figures in the back were bold the figure in front would be lost and stand out too much.

Katie Weibley Little Star by Antonin Louchard (http://artfulparent.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/little-star.jpg __)__ This book cover uses several principles of design. The emphasis and focal point is on the red star which falls under the title of the book. The waves provide a sense of rhythm in a circular movement around the cover. Line is used in the brush strokes for the waves as well as texture. The balance of positive and negative space is equal as well. Sidewalk Circus by Paul R. Fleischman (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://artfulparent.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/little-star.jpg&imgrefurl=http://artfulparent.wordpress.com/2008/page/14/&usg=__oLolCd7n67lIefowFmyHkg0Nj-c=&h=400&w=365&sz=35&hl=en&start=26&um=1&tbnid=LasHWK9P-dB9bM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=113&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmolly%2Bbang%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN) This book cover exemplifies a focal point on the large shadow portrayed on the wall. There is texture displayed on the wall. Shape is very important in this artwork because of the shadow. The negative space around the shadow begins to play into shape as well. Proportion and balance is experimented on this cover as well through the shadow and the real man below.

Jill Barrile. The Sailor Dog. Margaret Wise Brown. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thefamilygroove.com/sailordog.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thefamilygroove.com/apr08_BackToTheFuture.htm&usg=__ztAWkhcTnI_JFV5gkkFefU52iBg=&h=210&w=172&sz=14&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=dB8mTMy8tRwq8M:&tbnh=106&tbnw=87&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthe%2Bsailor%2Bdog%2Bby%2Bmargaret%2Bwise%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGIH_enUS270US273

The waves in the background shows movement and rhythem. There is also movement in the sail of the boat and the dogs jacket. The dog in the yellow jacket is the focal point but the boat he is standing on balances the picture out. Also the direction of the boat points helps the eye move from left to right.

Jillian Barrile. Tootle. Gertrude Crampton. http://www.amazon.com/Tootle-Little-Storybook-Gertrude-Crampton/dp/0307160440 The cover of this book is in proportional, the smoke, the train, and the train tracks. The train shows motion with its backend being smaller than its front and its wheels floating off the tracks.

Rachel Lyman //"Harold and the Purple Crayon". Crokett Johnson. http://www.flickr.com/photos/barretthall/2263530089/

This illustration showes Emphasis. The emphasis is for some on what is purple while others the lack of purple can make the boy be what is emphasis. The purple lines catch my attention first and my eye goes from the moose's antlers to the picnic blanket to the porcupine and then up the purple crayon. This shows movement, how my eye moves across the page, then emphasis on the boy in the final image i see.//

//"The Snowy Day". Ezra Jack Keats[|.http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/keats/snowsmallom.html]// This illustration shows focal point. The colors in this piece are very "cool" colors while the boy is in red causing the eye to go directly for him first. After I see the red my eye goes to the window in the blue door. I think this is becuase the color is a mixture of blue and red. This makes movement in this piece not by the time but by color and shading. The Shapes of the figures give us, the viewers, the image of a child, snow, and then the door.

Sarah Blair "Once Upon a Potty" by Alona Frankel http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com/OUAP-Joshua-BOOK.html This book shows the little boy as a focal point by making the flowers circle around him. I also think that it has perfect balance because everything is centered perfectly. The flowers are also proportional to each other.

"Mama's Little Duckling" by Marjorie Blaine Parker http://mikewohnoutka.com/pages/childbks/bk_mydad.html This is a page in the book "Mama's Little Duckling" and I think it shows unity because all of the items in the picture are all very soft and compliment each other

Lindsay Hoh // The Mitten // by Alvin Tresselt, Yaroslava Mills (Illustrator) http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Mitten/Alvin-Tresselt/e/9780688092382/ This illustration demonstrates two principles of design, emphasis and focal point. The coat and scarf of the child stand out from the rest of the cover. The clothes of the child are orange and the background is blue, so the orange stands out since those two colors are complementary. // Duck & Goose, How Are You Feeling // ? // by //// [|Tad Hills]  // http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Goose-How-Are-Feeling/dp/0375846298 //This illustration demonstrates the principle of design balance. If this cover is split down the middle, each side is almost a mirror image of each other. Everything from the title, to the clouds in the sky, to the flowers on the ground, to the animals on the log, give the cover balance.

Erin McCandless http://z.about.com/d/childrensbooks/1/5/D/A/owlmoon.jpg Owl Moon// by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr The cover of this book shows emphasis, scale, proportion, balance, and rhythm. The emphasis is on the moon and the people in front of it. Scale and proportion are seen in the relationships between the moon, the people, and the trees. The placement of the text shows balance. Rhythm can be seen in the similar lines that make up the hill and tree. http://boe.berk.k12.wv.us/217/images/greenegg.gif //Green Eggs and Ham// by Dr. Seuss The cover of this book uses line to show rhythm. Color is used to place emphasis on the green eggs and ham. The text placement gives the cover balance.

Laura Palermo "Harvey Horse" Illistrated and written by Small World Design for Igloo Books Ltd. Some elements of design found in this children's book are texture (in the grass and the horse's hair), color (the lime green grass makes the brown horse pop), and illusion of space (the trees on the hills are much smaller than the objects in the foreground). Some principles of design found in this children's book are balance (the left and right side are about evenly distributed), and focal point (both sides of the fence point to the horse). http://www.smallworlddesign.co.uk/images350/harvey-horse-345.jpg "Pirates" Illustrated and written by Small World Design for Igloo Books Ltd. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.smallworlddesign.co.uk/images350/harvey-horse-345.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.smallworlddesign.co.uk/gallery/novelty-books.html&usg=__0RgopT4N25dqd_VW3y88tVzQjoI=&h=345&w=422&sz=53&hl=en&start=6&um=1&tbnid=qlQvUNQQMw5jGM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=126&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddesign%2Bin%2Bchildren%2527s%2Bbooks%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN. Some elements of design found in this children's book are color (the hot and cold colors are generally seperated vertically), illusion of motion (the pirate flag appears to be waving), and pattern (the skulls are repeated throughout the picture). Some principles of design found in this book are emphasis (the pirates head is in the area of cold colors, but it is red, as well as the pirate's coat is blue, and in the hot colors area), and focal point (the pirate's hat is the biggest, darkest object in the picture, in addition, the flag pole and sword lead the eye to it, and the white crossing bones make it stand out as well).

Erin Kompf //"Vegetables" Sara Anderson // The shape and line of these vegetables creates rhythm and repitition on the book cover. The size of the vegetables are also somewhat proportional to each other. The lines that are placed horizontally on the carrots creates texture. //"Falling up" Shel Silverstein //

In this illustration from the book, line is used heavily on the beard to create value and texture. The placement of the feet creates an illusion of movement because it seems as though the man is running. Since the man is in the middle of the page he is the focal point in the picture.

Diana Thomas [|First example:] Where the Wild Things Are, This is a great children books and one of my favorites. Max and the Beast are the focal point that show good rhythm starting wtih the end of Max's tail, then to his wand, the to the head of the beast and off his tail. Line is also represented in the beast as well as the trees. [|Second example]: A page from a Korean story. Not your normal children literature that we are used to but i think it is a good example because it does have the main character but they are to left side of picture. It has good emphasis and balance with the looming items over the little children.