Since my tutorial with Matt I have tried to loosen up my sketchbook work a bit. I just wanted to a be a bit more free with what I was drawing and not be precious about the outcomes. I quickly filled a sketchbook with drawings and roughs based on the stories I had read. I like the drawings I did based on the story of Esio Trot but was struggling with the Fantastic Mr Fox roughs of the farmers. I was pleased with my continuous line drawings of grasshoppers but felt that they didnt get across the character of Roald Dahl’s creations.
I’m feeling a bit stressed about this! I’m feeling quite under pressure to produce something amazing and innovative when children’s illustration and character design isn't what I do best. I’m trying to understand whether I am actually not enjoying this brief or am I just putting too much pressure on myself to get this done in a short space of time?
Ok, so I have decided the specific requirement to draw characters as part of the brief is throwing me off. I like the roughs I have for Esio Trot but they only have a suggestion of the presence of a human character by showing his shoes. Drawing characters from head to toe is not what I enjoy doing. I much prefer drawing a scene from a unique angle or taking inspiration from a part of a story and piecing together a new image.
Moving on!
This brief is not really going anywhere, I have realised it is not what I want to do and I don’t see any benefit in continuing with it. I feel like I would be producing mediocre outcomes by sticking to the brief. I would like to develop my Esio Trot roughs into a print at some point but this will be a self directed project working to my own brief. 
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