Title Page
Sketch & Color Comp

 

Sketch

For the title sequence, I wanted to "follow" the butterflies the last few miles to John Farrington's house.  I imagined them passing overhead (the endpapers), passing a ladybug, (the title spread), then finally descending onto John's house. (the first text spread).   

 

Color Comp

This is the color comp for the first painted version of this page.  The first attempt at this painting looked very similar and was originally intended to be the finished art.  It was fun, but after looking at it for a little while, it felt too "heavy" to me---I wanted a lighter touch.  So I repainted it into it's final version which was used in the book.  That is why the comp and final art differ so much in this instance.

 

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