Miffy - Dick Bruna

The creator of Miffy the most well known little white bunny...

Who:
His a writer and illustrator, writen about 100 books translated in 40 different languages and sold more then80 million copies all around the world.

Begining:
Miffy was created in 1955. at the begining, Miffy didn' have a gender until Bruna started doing the first book, thats when he though a dress would look good on the characters.
Since the first book came out in 1955 and until now miffy is about 50 years old. Also through out the 50 years she has not changed and is still young (a child bunny). It has taken a few years before she looked like she is today.
In the first book, Miffy looked more like a frabic toy animal.
for one o his books "Miffy in the tent" was created when his granddaugther Anne was playing in a tent.
Sometimes Bruna is sometimes refferred to as "Miffy's Father"

Miffy:
Depending on the story, she could be like a baby or behave like a 4 year old.
her grandpa and grandma first appeared in 1970 on Miffy's birthday.

Behide the colours:
Bruna uses only 6 5 colours in all his illustration of Miffy. the bright colours thta he used are green, red, blue, yellow and white. He never uses purple or orange.
It took him a log time to find the right grey and brown for his characters of an elephont and Bon the bear.
Only when all 12 illustrations are finished will he start doing the writing for them.

Illustrations:
he uses simple outlines, looking at subjects around him and when he starts to draw them he only draws the necessary parts.
so all te illustrations are in 2D this is because he does not draw in persective.
ever 12 pages he does there would be several hundred sketches before he gets his final design. the materials he uses are pencils, brush, poster paint, scissors and glue before completely satisfed.
In his work you always see thick, black lines around all of his charactors (called contour). these were carefully painted by hand with paintbrushes ad alsoif you look closely at them you can see the shaky edges.

Making the books:
All the books are 15.5 x 15.5 cm so the book will be able to fit in a small child hands nicely.
There is 12 illustrations on the left is 4 lines of a poem.
Ever new book he doses, he divides the story in to 12 parts, with 12 pencil sketches. When he was happy with the final design he would paint the black lines on to a film. underneath the film transparent illustration, so that he would be able to apply the colour he wishes to uses.



Secrets to his success:
The uses of colour, simple drawing, painting and the small book all helpped for his success.

Bruna and the world:
No only is he well know in Netherlands but alsowith everyone around the worl.
His famous in Japan, the reason wy is becuase they adore his work.