More studying and some thoughts on story

 I've been making more notes while reading How to be a children's book illustrator, and it sparked some new ideas.

As mentioned in the last posts, I'm beginning experimenting with the main character of my autism book as a chameleon. This actually solves 3 problems for me.

  1. Makes the characters expressions more readable
  2. Enables her to slip out of interactions via her chameleon ability to blend into things
  3. Sets up scenarios in which the reader will be able to spot her camouflaged in the background. Also makes for great page turns with a 'POOF! and she was gone' with the next page being the characters puzzled and she's hidden somewhere in the double page spread
I've done some initial sketches for her design but I'm not on my PC so I don't have access to it. I'll post it tomorrow. Another little sidenote is that I could make her outfit more interesting. If she's into Dinosaurs, then it would follow that she'd wear a shirt with a dinosaur on it. Although maybe dinosaurs are too close to a reptile like a chameleon, so maybe she's into something else (but dinos are an easy go-to). But also she could be wearing other things, like backpack, maybe has headphones around her neck to block out sound when she is over stimulated. Maybe she has bulging pockets from collecting things. Maybe a backpack with badges on it that show her interests.

I'm pretty content with what I've learned and done towards this project today. Will update with the pic tomorrow and hopefully some more juicy tid-bits.

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