Mr. & Mrs. Vinegar – Storytime Magazine

Herr & Frau Essig – Eine Geschichte aus dem Storytime Magazin

I was commissioned to illustrated a story for the wonderful Storytime Magazine.
“Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar” is a humorous and whimsical tale about decisions and consequences. Hope you’ll enjoy the artwork, sketches and character designs I created for this giggly story.

Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar have to spend the night on a tree while some shifty shadows are around.
Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar have to spend the night on a tree while some shifty shadows are around.
Sketch for the first page of Mr. and Mrs- Vinegar
Final illustration without text for the first page of Mr. and Mrs- Vinegar
Detail Shot of the sketch for the first page showing Mr and Mrs Vinegar sitting on a tree
Detail shot of Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar sitting on the tree
Some cute little squirrels are sleeping next to Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar
Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar visiting the market place
Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar visiting the market place
Sketch for the second page of Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar
Final Illustration fot the second page of Mr. & Mrs. Vinegar
Detail Shot of Mrs. Vinegar making plans for the future
Detail Shot of Mr. Vinegar trying to play bagpipes
Mr. Vinegar is stoming on his hat in anger on the last page of this little story
Mr. Vinegar is stoming on his hat in anger on the last page of this little story
Sketch for the last page of Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar
Final Illustration for the last page of Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar
Detail Shot of Mr. Vinegar stomping his foot on the ground in anger
Detail shot of the Crow laughing at poor Mr. Vinegar

Before I started creating the sketchs for the final illustrations I read the story and was thinking about the two main characters of the story that would be of course Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar. I thought it would be a great idea to share their bodys like vinegar bottles. With this idea in mind I started creating some sketches for both characters.

Character Design for Mr. Vinegar
Character Design for Mr. Vinegar
Character Desing for Mrs.Vinegar
Character Desing for Mrs. Vinegar
Sketches I made for the three pages of the whimsical story "Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar"
Sketches I made for the three pages of the whimsical story “Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar”

I hope you enjoyed this little insight and thanks for watching.