Underwater

The main character makes his escape from the island by walking underwater and using a sugar cane to enable him to breath. The component parts of this illustration are shown below.

chance of escape

The spread where the main character has a chance to escape from the giants is in itself a short story. This had previously shown as small separate images although at one of our group meetings it was suggested to try one image with lots of different motions or actions. This allow me to produce the images shown below which shall be shown as a spread later.

The arrival of others

There is a scene where other giants arrive upon the island. This is supposed to represent the battles between the British and Dutch as this occurred with the island of Barbados although not within the time that the story is set in. However this knowledge helped me conceive the idea of giants battling for the island. The images for this scene are shown below.

The name red legs

There is a scene when the family are walking through the gallery and Grandpa will explain in some form how the name red legs came to be. This is shown described by the text whilst the illustrations offer a further insight into the story. The components of this spread are shown below with the final composition being shown later.

Barbados

As the story is based upon an old Scottish tale of those sent to Barbados to work in the sugar cane fields I felt that this should somehow be shown in the work. This has been done in a rather abstract manner, I decided to use the map of Barbados and rotate and flip it to give me a shape that beast would be contained with underground. This is also to enhance the heat and mention of the devils breath on the previous page. The components of this image are shown below whilst the final image shall be shown later.

Arriving upon the island

The pages where the main character arrives upon the island contains four separate illustrations. These illustrations should depict the arrival of ships, people departing and setting foot on land. Each of the separate drawings and paintings are shown below whilst the final layout shall be shown later.

Fragile Freedoms

The next scene in the story is to show a land of fragile freedoms. I have chosen to show the main character and his colleague being chased down by giants. The giants were originally supposed to represent empires as I felt that slavery had always been a key component of any empire throughout history. However I now believe that the giants simply show the difference in power between those being enslaved as those luring or capturing such victims. The separate images that were produced to create the image are shown below, the final composition shall be shown later.