Tinkerbell

Last weekend my eldest niece was 21... I can't believe it.

Knowing that she likes Tinkerbell from the Disney version of Peter Pan, I decided to do my own version to give to her as part of her birthday present. I had recently re-read the original J. M. Barrie book as part of my research for my Peter Pan book cover



I was after mischievous and cheeky, but more so than with my Vistobrahma Competition entry. I also wanted it to fit with my interpretation of Peter. I'm not sure how successful this is, but she seemed to like it, so it was worth the effort.

The Boy Who Never Grew Up

This was an attempt to show a commercial application to the art I am producing, a cover treatment for Peter Pan.

I felt that Disney had dominated how people see Peter and Hook... If you go back to Barrie's original text, the descriptions aren't exactly specific but Hook is supposed to look like King Charles II and Peter is described as wearing skeleton leaves and the sap from trees which I felt would make him all autumn coloured.
I also felt that Peter should appear in some way feral, hence the mono-brow, my friend Phil doesn't like it and it would be easy enough to edit out, but I think it fits the character...