This looks great Michaela, i was looking forward to seeing this finished yay!
As for the text, I don't think you need to say 'the fish with the red fins' as we can see from your illustration that he has red fins
Maybe give them names like Little Fish and Big Bear or something, and I think there should be a pause between when the fish asks the question and then tells the punchline, maybe say something like "Bear started to think, but before he could answer..." so that the Bear is involved and the reader can follow the conversation between the two characters
Process on work for my portfolio (ongoing)
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This looks great Michaela, i was looking forward to seeing this finished yay!
As for the text, I don't think you need to say 'the fish with the red fins' as we can see from your illustration that he has red fins
Maybe give them names like Little Fish and Big Bear or something, and I think there should be a pause between when the fish asks the question and then tells the punchline, maybe say something like "Bear started to think, but before he could answer..." so that the Bear is involved and the reader can follow the conversation between the two characters -
@hannahmccaffery Thank You Hannah, really appreciate your help with the text. I will change it.
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@hannahmccaffery What about this?:
βOhhh, ohhh you know this one?β
Flip dinβt wait for the bear to answer and started to tell its joke:
βWhy don't bears like fast food?βBerry started to think, but before he could answer...
βBecause they can't catch it!β -
@MichaelaH That's flows much better in my opinion
You may want to lose the line "Flip didn't wait etc" and maybe have something like:
"Ohhh, ohhh do you know this one?" Flip asked "Why don't bears like fast food?"
Berry started to think, but before he could answer-
"Because they can't catch it!" Flip blurted out as he splashed around in a fit of giggles.That's only an idea anyway, I'm not the best at writing so it's totally what you're happy with and what you think flows well
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Fab! Are you happy with it as that's the important thing?
I think the text gives Flip more of personality now and I would love to see more of these characters
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@hannahmccaffery I am very happy with it, thank You so much. Yeah I am thinking about drawing one more picture to this story
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@MichaelaH oh yeah much better puts you right into the scene
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@MichaelaH P.S. Your signature is so perfect for the childrenβs book market
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@BichonBistro Thank You, I love mouse so
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@MichaelaH I will always love your imaginative animals best but your humans are fabulous too!