My initial plan for the practical project was to do storyboards for a feature film. After showing some of my concept art and pitching the idea for my project supervisor, he suggested I do an illustrated book instead.  I quite liked the idea of doing an illustrated book, so that’s what I’m doing now. It won’t be to long; I’m aiming for about 40 pages. So 20 pages of text and 20 pages with illustrations.

My story is about a neurotic young man called Jamie that is sent into coma by a football in the head. Coma is a place between life and death and Jamie has to choose if he wants to go back to life or continue on to death.
My working title for the project is Coma Deer.

The girl in the sketches is called Simone, she’s Jamie’s girlfriend and has a fierce passion for collecting magazines.

The environment in Coma is going to feature some unusual plants, such as Squid Trees and Gillgrowth.

The little ape creature in the sketches is an Aye-aye, a Lemur species native to Madagascar, commonly regarded as a symbol of death. His name is Nicholas and he will be Jamie’s little friend in Coma