Hello! So perhaps I should introduce myself really quickly.
I'm Madeline, I'm 21 years old, I've lived in the same house my entire life, I'm the oldest of three (I used to be able to pin my two younger brothers at the same time, and then they kept growing *sad resigned face*. They remind me that's in the past now [but really we love each other!]) I've wanted to be an illustrator ever since I heard that it was a proper job at the beginning of high school, and I adore drawing. Since it'll be awhile before any of us actually meet imagine me at 5'8" so you really get the tall energy through the computer screen.
I am developing a new, openly-licensed coloring book in the style of the SELinux Coloring Book and the Containers Coloring Book, in order to help explain kubernetes technical concepts and open source technology to a wide audience. I am going to be developing storyboards for the next two weeks, which I will then clean up to produce a final, print-ready coloring book for the end of the summer.
This doodle like page was after I downloaded Krita (which by the way is amazing? My dad said to our family, "Madeline has been drinking the open source cool aide a lot this week" but honestly I think kids who want a digital program that's way cheaper than Adobe would love Krita) and was trying to set up my tablet, figure out what brushes were speaking to me, and how the characters for the story should look.
Everyone really likes the huge mustache-y dwarf apparently. Which makes me extremely glad.
This is the storyboard/rough version of the cover.
And the back cover.
These below, are my first pass at creating a layout for all the pages at once while looking at the script.
I don't expect many to understand what is happening, but I wanted to have a clearer idea of how many pages I needed to be working on in a day. Also it's interesting because Mo said 12-20 pages, and I really hit the limit with 20 pages exactly lol.
And having the general overview will help me make these more clearer, and in the style of the cover and back cover, to present to the technical advisors on the project.
Have a wonderful start to your week!
- Madeline