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Lucy Goes To A Tea Party
Ladybugs And Grasshopper
Book Details | Language : English | Publication Date : 10/4/2023 Archway Publisher
Author: Christine Chen
Art Director: Brett Meliti
Illustration: Mugi Kinoshita
Story
Lucy is a bubbly ladybug who loves adventure. She especially loves playing with Gregory, the grasshopper, who lives next door to her grandmother. Lucy and Gregory go on adventures and have lots of fun playing in the creek behind Grandmother’s house. On one particular afternoon, Lucy visits Grandmother for a different kind of fun. Grandmother has invited Lucy to a tea party. However Lucy is not happy about a tea party. She wants to have fun playing in the creek with Gregory. Lucy soon realizes that tea parties are just a different kind of fun. On this adventure, Lucy learns all about tea party manners and how much fun it is to make new friends.
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Visual Concept
Character Design | Environments Concept | Lighting Concept
Character Design
Designed characters as adorable as possible to make everyone fall in with the characters, even those who hates insects can enjoy reading the story.
Grandma's House
Designed red mushroom house for ladybugs grandmother's house in the bushes. Whimsical house is surrounded by the large bushes, which brings audience to the small fantasy insect world.
Luscy's Room
Room with ladybug pattern stuffs like slippers, pictures, and small figurines. Lucy wakes up every morning with the sunshine coming through the window. Whimsical and fantasy small wooden ladybugs' room.
Book Illustration
Used light blue shadow with yellow warm highlight to create spring vibe in this book. White and yellow flowers appear throughout the book that keeps the design consistency. Giant plants is the comparison to the tiny insect characters. Lucy invites the audience to this exciting small insect world !
Color and Story
Start with Green and Yellow, happy color. Gradually change into Blue indicates unexpected accident. Then, new color comes into to Lucy’s world as she has new friends. Go back to the original Green and Yellow.
