Proportion, Personality and Pirates!!

To start the project off I decided to compile a mood board together looking at different things that will help with my visual development. The key things were environment, drawing style, digital vs hand drawn, posture, drawings of children, children in costumes, drawing tutorials and tips, pirates, character expressions and personality, colour, sea life and other visual ideas. The mood board can be found here:
http://www.pinterest.com/iambambiwillow/alex-pirate-book/

I showed Alex this image from the mood board specially for the line work, proportion and character. We both really like the head to body ratio, but according to Alex the hair is too much like Dennis the Menace! I will definitely be using this for reference when looking at posture, expression and proportion.

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/344455071470927245/

We both agreed that a hand drawn look would be best for the story in all forms, and perhaps colour it in this way (using a colour wash underneath pencil crayons). Personally I love the choice in colour for this, however we would need to have a wider range on the colour spectrum to add vibrancy.

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/344455071470927307/