Hans My Hedgehog

In the future I would like to be an illustrator for children's books and television. A friend linked me to this years "Macmillan Prize" a yearly competition for children's illustrators. It's a good way to get your artwork out in the public eye as well as a chance to have your work published.

http://www.panmacmillan.com/macmillanprize

I had missed this years deadline, but decided to use the brief for one of my projects, choosing an existing children's story and illustrating various scenes in my own style.

After skimming through some children's books my tutor provided me with, I came across the brothers Grimm story "Hans My Hedgehog". It's one of their lesser known stories and quite a twisted tale.

http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story067.pdf

Here are selection of different design I ideas I had for Hans.