Sequential comic concertina books...

Here are a few little concertina style books I made, as a way to experiment with the constraints of a 5 page comic and the idea of sequential images, be it as a traditional comic or an elongated scene spread over 5 pages.

This was done for illustration friday this week under the topic 'Contraption'. I wanted to play with one scene being spread along the whole book and keeping to a restricted palette of purple and brown. Overall I really like it! I used layering and made some of the cut out pieces stick out from the background to add depth, like what I did with my viking one.
The image is supposed to be looked at as a whole but each page still looks complete on its own.

This is the result of a hilarious train journey a friend, and she came up with the characters which I incorporated into a concertina comic for her.
The comic is read from the outside-in. [Ie. read the first page, then the last, then the second, second to last and finally the middle page.]
This was fun to do as its a very unconventional flow to the comic and the imagery was humorous, which I try to include in most of my works. The restricted palette works nicely and the layering and relief makes the characters stand out and also elevates the comic to being more than 'just a comic'.

This is another one... But this time a kinda 'bestiary' of 'minions'. 

Its not quite sequential but it is in terms of the layout and medium. The colours dont really jell on this one, but its still quite cute and funny. 

This last one shows characters from a planned storybook [personal work] called 'The Mushroom Fairies.'

It shows a few of the different coloured fairies set against a watercolour background and silhouette town. I really love the looks of the background but think that the colours of the mushrooms could be more refined and compliment the background more. 

They look like a big happy familly! How sweet! :)