World Weaver
World Weaver is a 148 page interactive workbook for elementary-middle school age children interested in fantasy /science fiction and storytelling. It teaches kids about world building and adjacent narrative devices through short reading and primarily a variety of activities designed to explore the creative process of that niche- in an approachable, digestable, but nevertheless intelligent way.Collaborators:
Franklin Falkowski-Sorensen
Damon Cottle
Type: Illustration
Duration:
Instructors: Jake Fleisher, Tiffany DeMott
Role in project:
Art Director, lead illustrator, worked with typesetter/designer and editor to design illustrations through an iterative process, thumb nailed, rendered, delegated tasks and oversaw the rendering of illustrations by other team-members to archive a cohesive style.
Franklin Falkowski-Sorensen
Damon Cottle
Type: Illustration
Duration:
Instructors: Jake Fleisher, Tiffany DeMott
Role in project:
Art Director, lead illustrator, worked with typesetter/designer and editor to design illustrations through an iterative process, thumb nailed, rendered, delegated tasks and oversaw the rendering of illustrations by other team-members to archive a cohesive style.
Illustaration-wise, this project lived in a unique space somewhere between picture book and fantasy concept art. World Weaver went through two short rounds of user and testing an feedback with children age 8-16. It draws stylistic inspiration from the visual language of D&D and YA fantasy, as well as 1950’s/60’s magazine layouts.
“Technology” and “Wetlands” illustrations By Franklin Falkowski Sorensen & Damon Cottle, art direction Maggie Mann