This one wasn't planned when I was working on the ending. It's another one where the character ran away with the story. Herbert was just the sort of fish to hire puppies to sing his praises, so I had to put it in.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
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This one wasn't planned when I was working on the ending. It's another one where the character ran away with the story. Herbert was just the sort of fish to hire puppies to sing his praises, so I had to put it in.
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Page 57
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I usually don't write much, or anything at all, about these. But there's a lot going on here, both on and off the page, so I thought I'd add a little more to this post.
The biggest thing about the page is that it's totally inspired by Maxfield Parrish. I had just finished a book with his illustrations for The Knave of Hearts when this page came up to draw. The arched windows, the color of the sky beyond, and the checkered jester outfit all are a tribute to his paintings.
But besides his example, there are some other things. Everyone eats with chopsticks, for example (except for Anna, since she's based on my youngest. So they gave her a fork). Also, the rabbit is being pulled out of a Greek helmet instead of a hat. I liked making him a particularly grumpy rabbit at that, despite the magician's obvious good humor.
What isn't on the page is more relevant to my daughter. When I was sketching upcoming characters, I realized that they were all male. I considered making another minor character female, it just seemed like it wasn't enough (in fact, he's such a minor character that his name is Mynor. He'll be showing up sooner or later). As I was drawing the king of the Island, two things occurred to me: one, he was starting to look an awful lot like the Ghost of Christmas Present in Dickens, and two, there was no reason why Hero Island couldn't have a queen.
Still, this is a story for my daughter, so I decided to ask her if she would like the island to have a king or a queen. To my surprise, she said a king. When I asked why, she said it was because kings said more interesting things than queens. I asked her if I made the queen say interesting things, which would she want? She said in that case, definitely a queen.
I'm happy I'm able to give a positive example here at the Lunch Note Project. While I would have always hoped to have provided good role models for my daughter with my stories, I never expected to have such a direct result!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
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Snow day yesterday, but back to school today! So back to the daily note as well.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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This is another one of those pages that I got a little carried away with, for something that's likely to be read with food-covered fingers.. So it's probably a good thing that I started on lined notebook paper – if these weren't just lunch notes I'm sure I'd want to spend so much time on the fun ones that I'd finish a page every other week. And I'd be afraid to put them in the lunch bag!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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That little happy dance that Anna is doing? It's totally based on my youngest daughter.
Friday, January 14, 2011
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