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Story Illustration- “Girl with the Iron Foot” (Running)
One of two illustrations for a short story called “The Girl with the Iron Foot” (by Jessica Jernigan), to be published in the January/February 2008 issue of “New Moon: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams”. The issue is called “Through the Looking-Glass (Coming of Age)” and the story is about a girl whose blacksmith father tries unsuccessfully to help her fit in with other children. In the end, she goes on a journey by herself to discover that she is unique and wonderful in her own way.
This illustration appears at the beginning of the story. I wanted to both illustrate the opening scene and include some imagery from a bit later in the story. The snow hares may seem a bit out of place in a green field, but they allude to the girl’s first efforts at changing herself in order to be accepted by the other children.
Both this and the ‘Bear’ illustration were colored using markers and colored pencil on Bristol Board.
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Story Illustration- “Girl with the Iron Foot” (Bear)
One of two illustrations for a short story called “The Girl with the Iron Foot” (by Jessica Jernigan), to be published in the January/February 2008 issue of “New Moon: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams”. The issue is called “Through the Looking-Glass (Coming of Age)” and the story is about a girl whose blacksmith father tries unsuccessfully to help her fit in with other children. In the end, she goes on a journey by herself to discover that she is unique and wonderful in her own way.
The bear is a symbol for the girl as she leaves on her journey. I wanted to portray the bear as a sort of guide to her self-discovery; its presence is symbolic rather than literal. Its nose points the way as a light through the trees.
This illustration is tiny! The printed size is only two inches square, and I worked at a size not much larger. Since it’s so small, I knew that it would have to ‘read’ at a glance, but I wanted to bring the viewer in for a closer look, too.
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