Step 2: Setting an Illustration Style, Storyboard and Layout Sketches

At this stage, illustration styles were explored by mix and matching different expressions and drawing elements from inspirational images. A standard (main) character was created and then tweaked by thickening eyebrows, changing the eyes, and facial shapes.

Storyboards were drawn up to sample potential ideas before they can be fully produced, which was crucial to the process, as full illustrations consume a lot of time. They were filtered afterwards and executed.


A variety of slightly tweaked faces:





A rought sketch of the final standard character:


More tweaking done:

Storyboard sketches and potential spreads:






Brainstorming for potential illustration content: