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A portfolio illustration for The Princess And The Pea. It's intended to be part of a small series; not the whole story, but a few key scenes.

Size:37 x 17.5cm
Materials: Winsor & Newton Watercolours on Arches medium watercolour paper 300gsm, tiny touches of Prismacolour pencil and a white gel pen. Text added in Photoshop.
References: My own, plus a Google SketchUp model to help with the bed.

Enjoy! =D

Edit: Made some minor changes to the text.
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*Lyra-Elante Nov 20, 2012
How does she avoid being crushed to a powder by the weight of the blanket if she is sensitive enough to feel a tiny pea through all those mattresses?
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*Alene Nov 21, 2012  Professional General Artist
I daresay the sheets are finest silk. =)
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*JoannaBromley May 20, 2012
Love this ...so humorous and teh layout is great too! :-D
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*Alene May 21, 2012  Professional General Artist
Oh, thank you so much! I always like to get some humour into my illustrations, and I don't think a princess would be all that happy after a night on a lumpy mattress! =P Thanks for the :+fav: too, I'm so glad you liked it!
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*JoannaBromley May 22, 2012
Most welcome...it's lovely work! :nod:
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Mood: Love ~Malacandrax May 18, 2012  Student
Handwriting it in a similar font might make it blend more :). It takes some doing though ¬_¬. If theres any space above the bed (can't quite tell if it carries on upwards) the 'urgh' comment might fit nicely there. But I did just click comment to say how much I loved the teensy crown on the pillow ;).
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*Alene May 18, 2012  Professional General Artist
I have handwritten text before – tedious, but I don't find it a problem. However, since this is supposed to be a mockup for a children's book, handwritten text is less of an option; it's not unheard of in picture books, but it's much more common for the text to be typeset. And no, the image doesn't carry on upwards, this is a double-page spread and what you see is what I painted. =P
Oh, thank you! =)
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~Fawa1 May 17, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Even though I love the illustration, the text doesnt do the image any justice :/ Probs the font needs changing? or the placement of the text. :)
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*Alene May 18, 2012  Professional General Artist
Good to know, thanks. I wasn't entirely happy with the text myself, but thought I'd post it and see if anyone brought it up. What sort of font do you think I should be using? Any suggestions? =)
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~Fawa1 May 19, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Its not a problem, maybe if you were to put the image on a bigger page, and have the text on one side? or where the princess is.
Well to start off try using gill sans? You can normally get away with gill sans with any image especially with children books. Hope that helps?
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