My next idea for "woodland creatures doing strange things" was a fox, however, due to overthinking the subject, I again decided that this heading wasn't the right one. Now, frustrated and stuck for influence as every idea I'd had seemed to lead to a dead end, I reverted to my old idea of the deer in the knitted hat and scarf, putting a fox in winter-woollen accessories. This was the idea that I fell in love with, titling it "Winter Woodland" (a play on the phrase Winter Wonderland), I worked on other woodland creatures to put in warm clothing.
My next idea was a red squirrel - I chose the red over the grey as the red squirrel has more fur and seems more prepared for winter, and fit well in with the theme of being warm in the cold. I had a little trouble picking which bird to use, originally trying out a hawfinch - I then remembered the robin redbreast, a typical feature of winter woodland creatures, so that problem was overcome.
For the fourth, I chose a stag, with simple pom-poms on the antlers to capture the elegance of this creature - often dubbed King of the forest, I wanted the other animals to seem cute whilst this one needed to be regal. The fifth was originally a stoat, however I felt it was not as easily recognised as other woodland creatures, so I replaced it with a dormouse. I also experimented with promarkers on the dormouse background, and liked them better than the felt tips.
The final drawing as a red-chested owlet - owls are well recognised as woodland creatures so it seemed like the right choice. The title page felt right as a block colour background with writing on top of it - it matched well within the style of the rest of the book. At this point I only had to decide on the aesthetic of the book itself and create the final versions of the drawings.
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