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Midnight Monsters (project 4 - part 4)

When I started this project I immediately focused on translating my (intentionally) vague concept into imagery. I wanted to develop the story and artwork simultaneously and thus create more synergy between the two. This meant I had already created some of the artwork during the developmental stage. For my final dummy I aim to have completed 5 of the spreads and the cover.

This is the artwork I further developed using the collagraphed prints I have shared previously in posts 13 and 14:

And this slideshow is a breakdown of how I make these images by adding coloured (collagraphed or monoprinted) textures to my collagraphs:

Because I want to enter the artwork for Midnight Monsters to the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition, I have to choose wisely which spreads I will execute next: