Each chapter gave me the chance to really develop my animation skills and this is the largest animation project I’ve ever done. It truly is magical to see your illustrations come to life and I just love the way the 2D painted style translates to moving image to create something charming and unique. This process is a lot more time consuming than using after effects and other programs to generate characters and movement. Each individual frame is a separate image and all the elements were hand painted using inks and watercolours. But I think this gives it a very special quality fill of life and character!

When in the planning stage of creating these animations, I would first come up with a rough concept of what I wanted to show on the page and sketch it out. Next I would plan which parts to animate and set about creating all the separate elements. Lastly I would add some floral and botanical illustrations around the outside of the book.