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Chestnuts & Friendship

Is a portfolio project I put together for the Frankfurt book fair 2025
It is a little story about a class of children at odds with each other, that through a class project around having to create chestnut figures together, little accidents and empathy, develops stronger bonds and better friendships with each other. The story was not fully developes, as it served to demonsttrate my process of developing character and image ideas through completion of a full double page illustration.

Examples for single objects and figures

Examples for single objects and figures

Double page illustration

Double page illustration

Figure sttudies and character development

Figure sttudies and character development

further development of character Manuel in different poses

further development of character Manuel in different poses

Example for inner pages with vignettes and half page illustrations

Example for inner pages with vignettes and half page illustrations

After the story, I add a short tutorial on how to make one's own figures to illustrate objects and educational content

After the story, I add a short tutorial on how to make one's own figures to illustrate objects and educational content

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