Project Dante

For project Dante I decided to design the illustrations so they are very stark. Mostly black and white with the odd splash of color. The format I want to use has to be taller than it is wide because I'll need a lot of space for the poem which is long and complex. So I want to panel off the illustrations onto one side or other and use little spots much like my dog book. This is just a quick sketch to try and work out the first page which has to introduce Dante himself and set the scene.

Since I only have the first Canto written so far I'm just to try to get a sense of how big a job this might be. I want to do everything I can to minimize the amount of trouble I experience later on when I get further in. Anyway, the first Canto deals with Dante lost in a dark wood as various visions and metaphors stalk him before he meets Virgil, the Roman poet who offers to lead him through the underworld. The lion, leopard and she wolf are referenced from the Inferno and from my own rewrite.