Snow Goose Book - Development

We had a day project recently which I really enjoyed - we each picked a toy animal out of a bag and had to make a character and a story around it. I got a snow goose that I named Bruno.

I started off by doing some drawings of Bruno from different angles then got a reference book out to look at snow geese in some different positions.

I came up with a simple story about a goose who likes snow and wishes he didn't have to fly South for winter. At night he sees the stars and thinks they're far away snowflakes so flies up towards them, but as he gets closer the sun comes up and they "melt" away.

I had a really fast turnaround on this project getting the whole thing done within about 5 hours so I'm quite pleased with it considering. It's quite different to stuff I'd normally do which I think is testament to the creativity and freshness quick projects with a tight deadline can give to my process. I'll post photos of the finished outcome soon!