My friend and neighbor, who has two grandchildren under the age of 2, was showing me a vintage toy that was purchased for the kids; a red and blue ball with shaped holes in it, with the yellow-block shapes inside the ball. You pull open the ball, the yellow-shape blocks spill out and you can put the blocks back inside the ball by matching the block shape and the hole shape.
At the time I was working on an illustration and was stumped for the “language” that the space alien creature would be speaking. The “language” in my artwork would need to somehow imply the ways the content of a book can “fit” with or resonate with a reader.
My conversation with my neighbor helped – creative problem solved!!
This is great! (and my daughters had that very toy:)
I recognized and remembered the toy too from play-time long ago…. it’s amazing the ordinary things that can inspire creativity! Lol! Thank you for your comment Becky!!
Love it! That sounds like the plastic one I bought from Avon for my kids decades ago.
It probably was just like!! 😉
“Take me to your reader.” Clever and cute!
Lol!! Thank you!!