Simple Story

Research and Brainstorm

Chosen Story: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943)

Initially, I was conflicted between two stories, The Little Prince and Frankenstein. However, since I realized I worked more on the scenes for The Little Prince, I moved on with The Little Prince story. Throughout my thumbnail sketches, I wanted to make the scenes simple yet to the point, and include shapes and designs that would make the story and scene recognizable.

Development and Refinement

Here, I worked more on the colors and shapes involved in the three possible scenes that I would plan on moving on with. Due to the limited variety of markers, I had to substitute colors to represent the colors that I would plan on using in the final version. For example, I used orange for the moon but noted that I would use gray in the final version.

In the collage, I used simple shapes to convey the main pieces of the scene. I thought the sun-like portrayal of the craters was effective. I also added a crown to the prince in the collage. Again, with the limited colors, I used the available colors to create a clear enough reference to look back to if wanting to move on with this scene.

For the rose garden, I tried to make the roses pop out in the collage by making them spiral-shaped. It was a bit difficult to show the texture of the rose garden. Overall, making collages out of the scenes helped me better envision what I would want my final work to be and how I could simplify details to bring more attention to particular parts of the scene.

Final Piece

Design:

For this project, I chose to recreate a scene from The Little Prince. It is a book that I read a couple of years ago and has stuck with me ever since. It explores concepts and motifs in a unique way, and the supernatural nature of the prince and the lessons he learns throughout the book gave me a plethora of options to choose to portray.

In the end, I chose the beginning scene where the prince is still on his planet and is taking good care of the rose.
While completing the project, I wanted to create a sense of ambiance in the scene and make the colors and positions of the objects so that the viewer would focus their attention on the star.

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