Responsive - Roald Dahl Illustrations - Old Green Grasshopper 2

Moving on from cropping the peach I decided to come up with a composition that would include the whole peach and show it being tethered to a flock of seagulls, whilst the Grasshopper plays music as James  listens.

This design i think worked well, however this design made my deliberations over the character designs of the grasshopper in vain.

It was at this point that I realised that I would have to create a composition that incorporated all of the elements that were important to the illustration of the scene being recognised easily by a young audience. The composition would have to include in it the peach in its entirety, the grasshopper and some sort of musical reference - a musical note for example.
Having kept this in mind I went back and revised my ideas and made sure to include the design of the grasshopper in the next couple of ideas that i would draft up.

This design was the first to incorporate all of the important symbols/signifiers, with the circle representing the peach, the grasshopper playing the violin and the musical notes.

However I feel like I may have overcomplicated the design by including the violin - or moreover what I have tried to imply is the violin, it isn't very obvious.







This was the template design that I would eventually bring into my final design. I think it works well as the character is clear and easily recognisable as the old green grasshopper.
Next to this sketch were notes explaining what the rest of the composition would be made up of.
The circle would be orange and the grasshopper green, At this point I was unsure wether or not i would include texture in my composition.