The Illustrations
These creatures have been illustrated to emotionally connect the audience to the messages.
These illustrations will feature in the book alongside the messages as spot illustrations. Each character will have their own personality and behaviours. They will be very important in making the messages in the book more memorable for them.
The Messages
This first fully developed message is about the pressures to succeed. One of the main causes of stress amongst adolescents is the pressure to succeed. Whether that is at school or fitting in with their peers, they experience a huge amount of pressure to be perfect. Perhaps if they felt that it is ok to make mistakes then pressure will be lifted off their shoulders.
This illustration features one of the creatures who has mended his broken heart because he realises that failures don’t define your worth. The aim of this is to teach the younger generation that to fail doesn’t mean they are broken, to teach them to be kind to themselves, and they will not be defeated.
The second layout (on the left) is about adolescents self-esteem and identity. As the younger generation matures they will start to feel a sense of pressure of who they are. They start to develop more feelings and emotions, due to hormonal changes, and start questioning things. All of this may affect their self-esteem. Therefore it is important to install in them the emphasis that everyone is going through this. Hopefully they will feel a sense of relief and less anxiety. They need support to build up their confidence .
At the bottom of the page are three creatures and they are comforting the one in the centre. The aim of this illustration is to reflect the comforting tone and purpose of the message above. That the audience shouldn’t feel sad or anxious if they are unsure who they are yet and to give them reassurance that their feelings are perfectly natural at this age.
The final message (on the right) highlights the increased pressure adolescents face. Keeping up with their peers whilst going through their individual changes. Trying to figure out who they are with the added pressure of comparing themselves to others and feeling the need to be perfect.
The illustration shows the blue creature looking up at the successful orange one. The goal of this image is to teach adolescents that comparing yourself to others will not help you, but embracing your uniqueness will help you succeed in life.
The Book
Touchpoints
The book will be sold in a variety of places such as high street book shops and online, so that adolescents are able to access it from multiple places.
Software
Software used: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, ProCreate.
