drawings for the story "How the Turtle got her shell'

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Nearly finished the pictures for the children's story. These are to go with the part where the turtle tricks the old blind woman into releasing her. Many of the drawings are still rough and need to be reworked/coloured/altered as I need to make the colours and design on the turtle consistent! Anyway I hope a few little books will be ready before Christmas for the grandkids.

more drawings for turtle and butterfly story

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In blue biro this time. Some more drawings to match the story-line I posted September 19th and have posted some of the sketches since. Click on any pic to see it larger if you wish.

more preliminary drawings for turtle story

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Not well thought out but I'm just testing ideas at present for illustrating the story. I need to check on the 'real' shapes of banana trees, pawpaw leaves etc. Anyway I discovered through googling that turtles love to eat mangrove leaves so I can add a few more lines to the story. These pics are of the village fruit trees and of the men chasing the turtle out to sea after discovering she had stolen their fruit. Of course where do you draw the line between fantasy and factual information?


(added later - the turtle eating a banana - okay - it's a fable, not real!)