Thumbnails inspired by mind map and moodboards

 

Here are some of the designs inspired by my mind map. Based mainly around bereavement. However, I made a character who is in high school dealing with the loss of a loved one. I made thumbnails of things that I have researched are good to do while missing them eg; writing letters, doing activities that remind you of them, listening to their music and talking to them. My two favourite illustrations would be "feeling like they're around" and "missing them". "Feeling like they're around" is inspired by when I used to walk home from university I'd listen to music and felt like my dad was around, it was an easy way to feel at ease. "Missing them" is inspired by an experience my mum has; when she watches telly she imagine my dad in the seat he used to sit and similar to me, it was like having company.

I did a line drawing of the previous thumbnail to see how I'd like the look of it on A4. I used a blue background. I wanted to use a bright blue colour to make it more appealing to the target audience and it looks really effective in contrast with the white. I added in the rubber end of a pencil to make it look like the person has been rubbed out. This also is a way to link it back to High School because of having a pencil case. However, I do think the plain white doesn't look very realistic. Going further I will make it look more like the pencil is rubbing out the shape. 

This is the more detailed piece. I think the person being rubbed out looks a lot better now sections have been taken out and there has been shadows added in. I think when I modify this drawing I won't have the high schooler interact with the pencil, I will change it to the boy looking at the empty seat instead and have his hand on the lap of the man.