Divi & Frey
Research, Insights and notes for educators
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- Understanding the principles of design, for new illustrators and teachers.
- Understanding Elements of Design: A Guide for New Illustrators and Teachers
- Engaging Classroom Activities for Visual Storytelling
- Unlocking Wally Wood’s 22 Panels for Dynamic Storytelling
- Beginner’s Guide to Watercolour for illustrations
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This character appears in” Samurai vs Ninja book 3: Day if the Dreadful Undead”.This is Madam Boar. I thought it would interest some people to see the basic steps to get get this image ready for print. This image appear (as at stage 3) on page 62 of the book. I have spent a little…
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When looking for extra activities for Samurai vs Ninja, I came across the game Kamizumo. Kamizumo is a Japanese ‘paper wrestling’ game. Paper figures are place them on the Kamizumo paper ring. You tap your figures on the edge of the paper ring, the first figure knock over of out looses the round. I have been hard…
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From woodblock prints to anime. Japanese inspiration for ‘Samurai vs Ninja’, my series with Nick Falk, is everywhere. One of my favourite anime artists the master himself, Hayao Miyazaki. In this illustration (right) from the Curse of the Oni (page 71), you can see how I have borrowed from Miyazaki to give Kaba –sama a…
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The Dinosaurs of Saurus Street have landed in Istanbul. Turkish publishers ‘Final’ have released ‘Dinazor Sokağı’. So if your looking for Turkish editions of Saurus Street, check out http://www.idefix.com/kitap/dinazor-sokagi-bahceye-tiranozor-girmis-nick-falk/tanim.asp?sid=YNL5HG6W6S3SK1ZM5VLH
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i have been working through the last chapters for book 3 in the Samurai vs Ninja book series. One of the main characters appears on a ghost battle horse, ready to charge down a hill into battle. Below are some of my research images and sketches to create the battle horse character. The finished image as…
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I am immersed in the very silly world of Samurai vs Ninja. Currently working on images for books 3 and 4. This guy is my suggested image for the back cover of book 3. He reminds me a little of myself at the moment. Not only am I working on several publishing projects at the moment…
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These are a few early concept ratings for Buta sama for book in the Samurai vs Ninja series. I am trying out a new cloak for Buta to wear to a festival event. I am liking it so far as I also get to play with it in a very Batman cape kind of way.
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