The prototype phase began with a couple of drafts of the story written. Since the book would be geared towards a younger audience, simpler language and a shorter length were chosen. A storyboard of loose sketches was created next. Here, the story was brought to life through visuals. Everything from pacing, book length, and page layout were decided at this stage. Afterward, each page was sketched out on a bigger canvas. The sketches were much tighter, more detailed, and closer to how they would appear in the final book. After the sketches were ready, they were lined out with a clean black line. This allowed the art to look sleeker and be more easily understandable to children. The backgrounds in full were done next. Backgrounds are often done before the color, as the lighting and mood of the environments would affect the color schemes of each drawing. The drawings were then all colored and shaded, with bright, happy colors used overall to create the mood of the book. Darker colors were used for the nightmare and nighttime scenes for tonal contrast. Lastly, the text was carefully laid out and placed to finish the book. 25
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