Graphic Narrative Evaluation

Use this template to help you evaluate your project.

You should give specific details about your work.

You should provide both written and visual examples to explain your project.

You should find areas to praise in your work. Be specific about why you think they are good or why you are proud of them.

You should also find areas that could be improved. Look for areas that you could make better if you went back to them. Be specific about what you would improve.

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Does your final product reflect your original intentions?

• When I started planning my book I wanted to create a children's book which was cartoon-like but also looked professional and had some good text along side it to help tell the story. My planning, digital flat plans and storyboards are all very similar to my final book because I used them all to help during production, this helped me reflect my original intentions of wanting it to look cartoon-like but also professional in my final book because it meant I didn’t have to rush and stress because I had already decided on a lot of things in my planning/digital flat plans/storyboards. My storyboard is very similar to my final book, it has the same text and a similar page layout of objects/characters in the book. I also stuck to the idea of doing the text and images on separate pages which I did in the storyboard, I think sticking to the storyboard helped me especially in the last week of production to finish my book make it like my original intentions (wanting it to look professional).

• I think that my digital flat plans are similar to my final book, because they have the same text on and again a similar layout, I did this by checking over and comparing my flat plans and my book often, to make sure the final book was shaping up to be like my original intentions. My digital flat plans compare to my final book because when I was creating my book I have stuck to the exact same layout of characters and objects in my book to make sure it functioned properly so my final book obviously does reflect my original intentions in that sense.

Storyboard

Digital flat plans

Does your final product reflect your original intentions?

• Also when looking at my digital flat plans and how they compare with my final product I have found that although I have stuck to using the same text and the same idea of putting the text and images on the same page I put the text on the left page and the images on the right hand side, instead of the opposite which I did in my flat plans, I changed this because I found that it is better to read the text first and then look at the images as the text helps to give more of an understanding of what is going on in the image so it is better to have that knowledge first.

• Also when looking at my planning to see how well it reflects my original intentions I have seen that the text on the mood board is not what I have used in my final book, this is because when it came to do my final book and put the text in I found that the text I had decided on in my mood board did not suit the book and wasn’t easy to read in long paragraphs so I changed it to a new text to help my target audience to be able to read and understand it.

Mood board text compared with Final book text

The text above is the text I decided to use in my final book, the text to the side is my mood board text, as you can see they are quite different.

Does your final product reflect your original intentions?

• When looking at my storyboard there are some differences when compared to my final book because the characters look different and I have changed some of the backgrounds in them too, this is because when doing my final book I realised that some of the characters needed their positions changing to make them look more realistic, I did this using perspective in the free transform section.

• I think my planning, such as my mood board also reflects my original intentions because I talked through what I wanted things to look like on them and what styles I liked or disliked, e.g. illustration or digital graphic techniques so I stuck to this when creating my final book because it made it easier because less decisions needed to be made during production so this is why it reflects my original intentions. On the mood board opposite, you can see where I talk through and discuss each style of illustration and what I like/dislike about them.

On this mood board you can see where I talk through each style.

How well have you constructed your images?

• I used texture in my book to construct my images, I think this looks good and makes the objects look more professional and realistic. I used this on the houses in my book, in particular, the stick house and the straw house. I did this by using the colour selection tool and laying it over my rotoscoped image.

• I also used colour in my book to construct my images I think this makes the images better because they’re more eye catching, the use of colour in the book and makes it clearer for the children to look at and enjoy I constructed the images using colour because it is a typical code and convention of modern children’s books, I have constructed the images using colour by using the colour overlay tool.

• I also think the visual appearance of the book is effect in drawing the children in to read the book, for example the front cover makes it very obvious to see what the book is and because it has all the objects and characters on it, it makes the visual appearance of the book better.

On this object you can see an example of the use of texture in my book. It looks like little markings on the house which help to make it look more realistic.

This image is an example of ho I have used colour in my book, this is my cover page.

How well have you constructed your images?

• When looking back over my images I think I have constructed them well, but I think the visual appearance of certain objects could maybe be a bit better and sharper, one of the objects I think this about is my stick house, I think that I could've made the edges slightly cleaner around the house so that it looks even more realistic in the background. If I have the time towards the end of the project I would revisit this and go round the edges with a rubber tool.

• I think I have constructed my images well with the use of texture as I mentioned previously, but when looking back over my straw house image I have seen that there is a lot of texture on this object so if I have the time to go back over this I would maybe reduce some of this but try to keep the realistic effect that the texture provides.

• Finally, I think I have constructed my images well in my final book, I am pleased with how they look and I think they look professional but also cartoon-like which is the effect I wanted. I think that my images are constructed well because before I started to produce my final book I practiced my rotoscoping skills so that I the final book was easier to do and also so that it looked better because I had more experience producing rotoscoped objects.

How well have you used text to anchor your images

• Obviously in my book I have incorporated text into it to tell the story, in my book I have used two types, the narrative part which is one a separate page to the images and also I have used speech bubbles to tell the story from the perspective of the pigs, they are on the same page as the images. I think I have used the text to anchor images well in my book.

• I have also used speech bubbles to anchor my text I think this is the most successful way I have anchored the images with text, the speech bubbles contain text that is written from the pigs perspective this makes the book more interactive for the reader and also makes them feel like they’re more apart of the story, which makes it more exciting for them as my target audience is only aged between 4 and 6 years old.

• I have also used a narrative form of text where the text is on the opposite side of the page to the images, this tells the whole story and coincides with what is happening on the page. A specific example of this would be on page 3 when the wolf is small in the back ground before they realise it is coming after them, to accompany that page I have written ‘then they spotted something’ at the end of the page, this adds anticipation to the book and helps to relate the text to the images better and vice versa. The image opposite is an example of page 3 I mentioned and the text below is the text I written to accompany that page.

How well have you used text to anchor your images

• I also feel I have used text to anchor images well because both forms of text (narrative and speech bubbles) basically explain what is happening in the image and this is what I wanted them to do so they give an explanation of what is happening in the image.

• I think I have used text to anchor my images well because the text does coincide with what is happening in the images well, therefore this helps to explain further what is happening in the images and the story at that point in the book.

• I have also used text to anchor my images by using speech bubbles and and pages of text that are the same colour as the pigs, this helps to make the story more related to the images.

• Examples of speech bubbles and text can be found to the side.

Is your product suitable for your audience?

• When I started to plan my book and create my proposal I decided that I wanted to target a particular age group of children which was 4-6 years, I thought that this was an appropriate age group for the story I had chosen. I think my product is suitable for my audience because I have made the images in the book very cartoon-like which will appeal to my audience, I have also used bright colours in my book which also appeals to that age group because it interests them which will make them want to read on.

• Also, when doing my proposal, because I decided my target audience was middle class families I think my book is suitable for this audience because it is very similar to other middle class children's books because I have used rotoscoping which makes it look like a cartoon. At the side of this I have included one of my main characters to show how rotoscoping has given me the cartoon effect I wanted.

• As for content, I have also made the book more appropriate for the audience as I have change the end in both my text and images from the wolf being killed to the wolf just burning his tail and running off, this makes it more accessible to my audience and other younger audiences which therefore would encourage my second target audience, the parents, to buy it for them.

Example of the use of bright colours

Example of rotoscoping to achieve cartoon-like effect.

Is your product suitable for your audience?

• As my audience will be aged between 4-6 years old and from a middle class, average family, I think my product will be suitable for them because I have made it easy to distinguish between characters by using different colours for their clothes and I have made the houses very different styles so that my target audience can easily understand the story while reading an looking at it.

• I also think my product is suitable for my audience because I have created it so that the pages are interesting for the child to look at but they are not too busy so that there is too much on them, for example the backgrounds just consist of clouds and grass and also some trees, and then it allows for the foregrounds to be created so that they are more interesting, without being too much. An example of this would be page 1, as the background is quite plain but the foreground is quite busy as this page features all the pigs. This page is shown at the side.

• My product is suitable for my audience because used a minimal amount of text to tell the story so it is not too much to take in, as my target audience is only aged between 4-6 years old this is very beneficial as it gives them practice with reading but not too much at a time.

Is your product suitable for your audience?

• Also to do with the context of my book I have told the story using speech bubbles as well as the text to break it up, for the younger end of my TA, just reading the speech bubbles and looking at the pictures would be enough to tell the story, I think this makes the book more suitable for my target audience because the text is simple and tells the story well.

• I also think the font I have used also makes the book suitable for my target audience because it is clear and simple to read so my target audience of 4-6 years old will be able to see, read and understand it easily.

• I also think my product is suitable for my target audience because it is only short and the majority of the book is images, this is good for my target audience because it doesn’t make the story to long for them to read and understand, it also ensures they don’t loose interest when half way through reading it.

What do you like/dislike about the techniques you have used?

• To create my book I have used tools such as the polygon lasso tool to select areas to rotoscope, I liked this technique because it enable me to select even small area to rotoscope however something I did not like about the polygon lasso tool is the fact it was so easy to double click without meaning to and end up making a selection before you have finished, another thing I didn’t like about the polygon lasso tool was how it can take a while to select things especially if you are doing a large or intricate shape so can be difficult to get done quickly especially if you’re working against a timetable. However another thing I did like was you can feather out the line so that the shape you are working on looks more natural and not with loads of harsh lines.

• Another tool which I used to create my book was the colour selection tool, I used this after I had made a layer from the area I had selected using the polygon lasso tool, I liked this tool because it allowed you to click on a colour from your original image or a rotoscoped part which you had already filled in with colour and also because if you didn’t want it the exact same colour you can use the colour tool around so the colour is still a similar shade but slightly different, this can be good for creating the illusion of shadows on clothes as you can make the colour a little darker or lighter. The only thing I didn’t like about this tool is sometimes it can be difficult or take a while to find the exact colour that is needed which isn’t good when working on a timetable.

• Another technique I used was creating a stroke around each character this allowed me to define characters more and if I wanted a particular character to stand out more I could do this by putting a stroke around them, I liked the technique/tool because it allowed you to change the opacity of the stroke so if you just wanted to make it look like the characters had more depth to them, this was easy to do without making it too dark and bold with an obvious stroke around it. Also I liked this technique because I found it can look good when just put around certain areas of the character, like their head, it also looked good just around their eyes as well. Something I disliked about this technique was that, like the drop shadow tool, it can be difficult to control. However another thing I did like was that it lets you change the colour of the stroke so that it doesn’t make it as obvious and makes it easier to blend in, instead of just putting a black stroke around a pink pig it allowed me to make it just a darker pink just to make the pig more prominent on the page.

•Another tool I used was the opacity controller above where the layers are listed this is a useful tool because it lets you turn down the opacity of each individual layer or multiply ones at once, this makes it easier if you want to use the polygon lasso tool on something underneath an area you have already rotoscoped because it lets you make it see through so that you can easily do this, one thing I didn’t like about this tool is if you didn’t label the layers with what they were it could be difficult to see what parts had their opacity turned down, especially if you had multiple layers turned down, I have placed a character at the side where I have turned the opacity down on a certain layer just to show how it works and how it was helpful to create my book.

What do you like/dislike about the techniques you have used?

Example of turning the opacity down.

What do you like/dislike about the techniques you have used?

•Another technique I used was using shapes to fill in small areas that I may of missed with rotoscoping, I used the shape tool to do this. I usually did this when I had finished doing rotoscoping and found that some areas needed to be filled in or if some areas were too intricate to be rotoscoped I would use a shape just to fill it in as I found they are quite easy to move and make smaller to fit into the area you want them to go in. One thing I didn’t like about this technique is that it is sometimes quite difficult to distort it into a shape for certain areas and also you have to make sure you have got the best type of shape you can to do this otherwise it may not work well.

•Another technique I used in my book was creating shadows, this helped to make my book look more realistic and helped to make the characters and objects stand out on the page. I did this by using the tool, drop shadow. I liked this tool because it was easy to find on Photoshop and easy to use, I also liked it because it allows you to create a shadow which can be really small or quite defined on the objects you are placing them on and this made it easier to vary it on each page depending what was happening or where the characters were. The only thing I didn’t like about this tool/technique was that sometimes it could be quite hard to control how big the shadow would be and that got even harder to do the smaller you wanted the shadow. However another thing I did like was that it allowed you to control the opacity of the shadow, this was good to vary on each page too. Example of creating shadows at the side.

Example of the use of drop shadows in my work

What do you like/dislike about how your final product looks?

• I am pleased with my final product and how it looks, I think I have met my plans which were to make it cartoon-like but also professional and to make this style consistent throughout the book, I think this is because I stuck to all my plans like my flat plans, my storyboard and especially my timetable. There are also a some things which I dislike like too, I think this is just down to production and needing to expand on my skills.

• One thing I like about how my final product looks is that it is very bright and colourful which I did so that it would appeal to my target audience and make it more like a modern children’s book, I have used bright green, blue and pink etc. to make it appeal to both genders and also to make it more enjoyable for them.

• Another thing I like is the text and images on separate pages, I think this makes it easier for my target audience to take in and understand, especially the younger end of this target audience, I also like this because it makes the pages less crowded and more spaced out.

• Also in my book liked the front cover, I think this is a good advert for what the book is like inside, I used all my best rotoscoped pieces on the front, I also like it because I used all my characters and houses on the front and I like how I have placed them so they are central on the cover as well so it is immediately obvious what the book is like without even reading the little, this may make it easier for the younger end of my target audience to see what it is. Example of front cover at the side.

Front cover

• Also in my book I have used text which is in speech bubbles on the page with images on as well as the text on the other pages. I like this because I feel like it would help the child to understand what is going on in the image and it is also something to read while they are looking at the pictures, those speech bubbles are also beneficial for the age group of children that may struggle with the other main part of the text so this way they can still read the story without struggling with massive amount of text.

•Another thing I like about my book is the backgrounds, although I have stuck to just one main background I have moved things around in it just to illustrate that we have changed areas or something different is happening, I also like the backgrounds because I have included things such as trees and clouds in them, which I have put drop shadows on which help to make the book more cartoon-like.

• In my book I did not like how some things looked and I have made an attempt to improve them but I would make more if I have the time, one of these things would be the second to last scene where the wolf is in the water pot, I found it very difficult to make them wolf blend into the water pot, in an attempt to improve it I did try to distort the character to make it look like he was in the water more, if I have the time this would be some thing I would go back over.

What do you like/dislike about how your final product looks?

What do you like/dislike about how your final product looks?

•Another thing I disliked about my book was the speech bubbles, not them being there but the shape of them and how big they were on the page to fit the text in, this is something I have thought about changing but I decided that they do need to be there and I am unable to shorten them because the information that is in them is already brief and adds to the story.

•Also I wasn’t pleased with how the wolf looked so thin in the last scene as I would of like him to a bit wider but I had to put him on an angle so he looked like he was getting away from the brick house and I found there was no way I could change how wide he was but keep the layout of the scene and him the same.

•Also in my book I like the fonts I have used, I think they are clear, bold and simple which is effective in the book it, I also think the decision of making the font black was a good one because it makes it stand out more on the page which I like.

•Also in my book I have used text which is in speech bubbles on the page with images on as well as the text on the other pages. I like this because I feel like it would help the child to understand what is going on in the image and it is also something to read while they are looking at the pictures, those speech bubbles are also beneficial for the age group of children that may struggle with the other main part of the text so this way they can still read the story without struggling with massive amount of text.

Why did you include the content you used?• I included the content I used such as images, fonts, effects and colours to fit in with

typical children’s book that my target audience would read, therefore that would make it more appealing.

• I used the fonts that I did because in my plans I decided that I would use a clear and simple text that would be easy for children to understand, something like a serif font that is proven to be easier for children to understand so I used a font that I felt would be appropriate for my story and target audience. Example at the side, I have used the technique of changing the tracking and leading amount in the text, this tool alters how spaced out the letters and words are, I have spaced them out quite a bit so it is more appropriate for the target audience.

• In my book I haven't really used effects, the only effect I have used is some subtle gradients on things such as the roof of the stick house, the water pot and the straw house. So mainly I used it on things I wanted to add more depth to and also to them look more realistic because it helps them to look more 3D like they should. Other effects I have used I have mentioned previously such as the drop shadow and the stroke effects these also help to do the same thing, e.g. make things more realistic by adding depth to them. Example of water pot gradient at the side.

• The colours I have used in my book are quite bright and exaggerated in brightness compared to real life e.g. I have used bright blue for the sky, bright green for the grass and bright pink for the pig which wouldn’t normally be seen, I did this so my book would be more eye-catching and fun for children to read. In decided on the use of right colours in my book when I was planning it and doing my research on other children’s books and when I was doing this I discovered that many children’s book also use bright colours to draw children and therefore making them want to read it so I decided that I would follow this convention and use bright colours in mine too.

Water pot gradient example.

Why did you include the content you used?

• In my book I obviously used images to tell the story, this is a typical convention of children’s books, when doing my book research I found that often the pictures are big and take up a lot of room on the pages and so I thought I would do this too instead of just doing small images, this also fits in with my target audience because it is easier for them to have big clear scenes to look at. In my book the images are all very happy and colourful, even the ones which are a bit more sinister e.g. the wolf blowing the houses down and the wolf burning his tail they are all still colourful and detailed, I did this is so the book isn’t too upsetting for the younger end of my target audience.

• I included detailed images but they are also quite simple too, for example the pages aren’t really empty because I have filled them with the characters and houses in the foreground but then I found the background was quite empty because I had put was happening in the foreground so it was easier to understand so I thought I would make the background by adding other things such as trees, I like the pages because of this because they are detailed but are also quite cartoon-like as well because of the basic shapes used.

What signs, symbols or codes have your used in your work?

• In my book I have found version symbols in my work, one of these symbols is down to character design in my book. The pigs in my book are all piglets, so this connotes them being vulnerable and not able to fend for themselves yet but they are doing anyway, this then fits into the story well and makes them seem even more vulnerable when the wolf comes along.

• I have created the images in my book so that the location is in the countryside, in a very natural environment with lots of trees etc. in a very traditional environment this could be a reflection of old times when the book was set the fact it is set in the countryside also fits in well with the fact the animals are all animals you would expect to find in the countryside, which also educates the children about animals when they read the book. Example of background opposite.

Example of background.

What signs, symbols or codes have your used in your work?

• I have already mentioned colour but I realise that a lot of the colours I have used connote the feelings in the book I wanted to come across to my target audience. For example throughout the book I have bright colours, for both the sky and the grass etc. to show how the pigs are happy, especially in the scene when the pigs have built their stick and straw houses , then when the pigs are in the brick house with the wolf I haven't brightened the inside of the house I have left it quite dark to connote the feeling I want to be shown which was that the pigs seemed scared.

• The style I have created in my work is cartoon-like and professional, I have done this by creating pigs which don’t look like normal pigs, I have created my own particular style in my work but also a style which still follows the typical codes and conventions of a children's book for my target audience age range. Another way I have created my own style through the book is taking inspiration from other versions of the three little pigs such as the Disney versions and changing them so that they fit into my own style and story, I feel my characters suit a modern version better than the older versions because they fit in better to the back grounds I have created and the style I have gone for. I have placed the character images I worked from opposite, next to my final character image to show how I have adapted them.

• I have also used tone in my book to create certain signs, symbols and codes I have used tone in my book connote to my audience certain feelings and signs throughout the book.

Final character. Original image.

What representations can be found in your work?

• My book is quite an old story so some of the representations can be quite old and dated, in particular the attitudes towards gender in my story. For instance, all the characters in my book are male, this shows how when the story was set the attitude towards men and women were completely different and what they were capable of, for example building houses. The male characters in my book are connoted as capable and strong to build their own houses and the wolf is also shown as male and is connoted as scary and powerful and I have positioned him in a stance which reflects that (example opposite).

• As for women, they are not represented in my book at all apart from being spoken about in the first scene and even then she is connoted as a very motherly and caring and advises them to move out so they can grow out, this is a typical representation of mothers in old stories and she is also represented to be the person who looks after the children, this is a traditional representation and would suggest that, that was a women's job when this was written. Children are represented in my work as they feature in my story as pigs, the children in my book are represented as vulnerable, I have done this by showing them running away from the wolf, I have also represented them as very determined, I have represented them as this by showing them building their houses, you can see this on page one of my book. (Example opposite).

Example of wolf in stance.

Page one, (example of mother being spoken about)

What representations can be found in your work?

• My work doesn’t show any social groups because all the pigs in my story are from the same family and we don’t know much about the social group or class also the wolf’s social class is unknown because we don’t know much about its life because this story is a single-strand narrative where the only story line is what is happening as the main part of the story I have done this so it is easier for my target audience to understand.

• Religion is not in my work, also like race, I have chosen to leave this out as it is not in the traditional story or my adaptation of it. I think it wouldn’t add anything to my story anyway and the representation of religion could be confusing for my target audience.

What representations can be found in your work?

• From all of this information, it is quite obvious there is a lack of character types in this story I think this creates its own representation, particularly of what attitudes where like when the story was written especially to do with gender stereotypes as women are not featured in the original adaptation of my story, so I did not put them in mine, there is nothing to say that the pigs were all male, it is simply just a conclusion that is made, I think this says a lot about representations in my story.

• My work doesn’t contain any races as I have just left that part as the original adaptation, and kept the characters as pigs and a wolf, this makes the story more accessible to everyone, whatever race because it is neutral towards that because it doesn't show any races so isn't biased towards anyone.

• My work does feature different ages as the wolf is older than the pigs this shows different age groups in my book, and also helps the represent the pigs as vulnerable and the wolf as powerful. (examples of powerful wolf/ Vulnerable pig opposite)

Examples of powerful wolf/ vulnerable pigs

What style have you employed in your products?

• If feel that my visual style in my book in cartoon-like but also professional, I am pleased with visual style I have created because I feel that I have created something that is enjoyable for the children to read but also is professional enough to accurately tell and show the story.

• I also chose the visual style of making it look professional so that it fitted In with the typical codes and conventions of other children’s books because that is a well known trusted style and parents associating that style with my book would encourage them to buy it.

• I also chose to make it cartoon-like because that would make it more appealing to the children because the characters are simple and clear to understand and see and are also bright and colourful which draws them in.

• Examples of this professional yet cartoon-like visual style opposite.

What style have you employed in your products?

• Influences for my book were other children’s books which I have researched such as the ‘Mr Tiger Goes Wild’ book that I looked at previously to starting my book, the style of this book is quite cartoon-like, in particular the cover, the leaves and bushes on the front. I think this is effect because it is enough detail to show what they are without being over detailed. I wanted to try this in my book because I thought it was quite effective.

• Another influence for the visual style in my book is the original Disney three little pigs because they are quite cartoon-like which was the style which I wanted but I changed this to fit in with my individual style in the book and to fit in with my other images.

What were the strengths and weaknesses of the pre-production and planning

• My pre-production and planning had many strengths but also had some weaknesses too, I found that the planning helped me more than I thought it would, especially in the last week when I was putting everything together I could easily reference my plans and storyboard to see what I needed to do what I needed to do to end up with the final book I wanted. The timetable section of my planning also helped because it allowed me to check up on myself and to see where I needed to be each lesson I feel this helped me to keep on top of the work because I knew what I needed to be doing. I think throughout the pre-production and the production I managed my time well, I think this I because I relied heavily on my timetable, however I think the weakness with that was I set myself too much to do each day without realising how long it would take to do each page so I did find myself behind my schedule at some points during the project because of this, but I still ended up with enough time to check everything in the end.

• I think that my research helped me because it enabled me to see some of the typical codes and conventions of other children’s books before starting my own so I was able to incorporate some of that into my own, e.g. cartoon-like characters and writing and images on separate pages. The research also helped me to see how illustrators worked when doing the illustrating for children’s books and how they managed their time, this then helped me to use methods like that when doing my own book, I really think that this helped me a lot when creating my book.

What were the strengths and weaknesses of the pre-production and planning

• I also think that the timetable helped me manage my time throughout the project but the storyboards also did because they allowed me to get things done quicker, it also helped to make the whole process of creating the book a lot easier and quicker. A weakness of these plans is that some I was so focused on what it said to do in my plans I didn’t leave much room for changing thing as I was creating my book to make it look better, however I had enough time at the end to go over these things and change them if I thought it was needed.

• There were also many strengths in the storyboard and flat plans as they helped me with putting the text into my book on the last few days of production as I had decided on the text when creating the storyboard and flat plans it saved me from rushing to do it on the last few days of production. I would say a weakness of these plans was the fact they were quite difficult to show what you wanted your final book to look like on because the characters looked different to what you wanted, however I did find that they were good for deciding on layouts for my book specifically the second to last page when I had to fit all my characters in, the storyboard and flat plans were good for deciding on the placement of the characters so I didn’t have to worry when I came to it in my actual book.

Historical and cultural context

• Obviously the three little pigs is an old story, so a lot of work has come before mine, when comparing my book to some older copies, I would say mine is a different take on the story, for example a lot of the older copies I have seen, show the wolf being killed and eaten by the pigs in the end, however with mine I have left it so that the wolf only burns his tail, this shows how attitudes have changed to what children should read and see. (example of how I have changed the story to suit my newer more modern target audience)

• Also I found that a lot of older versions were more visually detailed and the drawings were very intricate as when the book was first written that was a popular style whereas, comparing this with mine, my book is more cartoon-like because this is more of a popular style now as children like to see shapes rather than extremely detailed drawings, you can see some examples of old style three little pig drawing on my mood board which I created as part of my planning, the historical context of the three little pigs and how it used to be told contrasts with newer versions of the story, also on the mood board. (Example of this section of the mood board).

• Also when comparing my work to versions that have come before, they are created using quite dark and basic everyday colours this shows how when these copies were created they were done in a time when children’s books were very basic. Mine however, is very bright and basically brighter colours of the colour it would be in real life, modern books that are created like this are more engaging for the child to look at and read than older, historical copies.

Example to show wolf only burning his tail.

Example of of illustration planning- mood board.

• The Three Little Pigs is obviously a very popular story and therefore a lot of similar copies will of existed in the past, a version which is similar to mine would be Walt Disney’s Three Little Pigs by Barbara Brenner. This book was created in 1933 and is one of the first which was created in a similar style to mine, because its very cartoon-like, this book heavily influenced my own book because I liked the use of bright colours and the visual style in it. Example of this book opposite.

• A current product that exists which is similar to mine would be The Three Little Pigs by Steven Guarnaccia which was created in 2010, the style of his book has very bright colours and cartoon-like, almost abstract drawing in, which is similar to my style, this book also changes the end from the wolf being killed to make it more appropriate for children in this time and so it will be better accepted in the culture in which we have now. Example of this book opposite.

Historical and cultural contextWalt Disney’s Three Little Pigs by Barbara Brenner.

The Three Little Pigs: An architectural tale by Steven Guarnaccia