About the project:
“Billions” tells the story of Charlie, who goes to the playground to meet her friends. She suddenly realises that she has many friends, knows many people and starts wondering how many more people exist in the world.
The original story was written by Lars Schmitz in German (original title: Milliarden) specifically to be visually adapted by Anne for her final year project.
The story is being told over 15 double-page spreads. In the design process, emphasis was put on the recognition value of acting characters, the portrayal of vivid and whimsical facial expressions and body language, and on the specific use of colours to convey certain emotions and establish patterns to be discovered by the target audience (children aged five to seven years).
The goal of the book is to support children in their own creative endeavours and to show them that failure is a part of life, yet not always what it looks like.
About the designer:
Anne is an illustrator and graphic designer from Luxembourg. Her creative focus and interest lie on the creation of light-hearted illustrations of human figures, which led her to create a picture book for children for her final year project.
