Anansi and the Wisdom Pot UFLI Foundations Lesson 69

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Anansi and the Wisdom Pot

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) sits at the center of his web in a forest tree, gesturing proudly toward the intact Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference; tightly closed with its woven lid secured), with distant painted cement houses beyond the trees. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the RIGHT. Keep the LEFT 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the LEFT 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the RIGHT 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred left text area. That LEFT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the LEFT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Anansi has a big plan. He wants all the wisdom in all the lands to go in his pot. He packs it in, shuts the lid, and latches it snug.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) stoops low to listen as old Tortoise murmurs wisdom at a red-dirt crossroads in the Ashanti forest. The full, intact Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference; tightly closed with its woven lid secured) sits beside them, glowing faintly, with hornbill feathers above and crab tracks plus a bicycle mark in the dirt. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the LEFT. Keep the RIGHT 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the RIGHT 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the LEFT 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred right text area. That RIGHT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the RIGHT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Anansi walks on the path and stops. He asks aged Tortoise for his best wisdom. Anansi fetches lots and lots of wisdom, and he packs it all in the pot.

Page 3
Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) scrambles partway up a tall silk-cotton tree trunk while sliding downward in frustration, hugging the intact, closed Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference) against his belly. Pot's Bark-Rope (match attached reference; tied around the pot's neck and looped over Anansi's front four legs) is tied around the pot's neck and looped over his front four legs, with scraped reddish bark and dry leaves around the roots. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed in the lower part of the frame. Keep the TOP 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the TOP 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the LOWER 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred top text area. That TOP 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the TOP 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Anansi clutches the pot to his chest and steps up the tall silk-cotton. But the pot bangs and tilts, and he slips back down. What a mess!

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Ntikuma (match attached reference) sits on a mossy rock at the base of the silk-cotton tree, with gathered firewood beside him and a chewed grass stem. Anansi (match attached reference) is frozen clinging to the bark above, with the intact, closed Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference) awkwardly blocking his climb against his front, secured by Pot's Bark-Rope (match attached reference; holding the pot against Anansi's front), tied around its neck. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the RIGHT. Keep the LEFT 50% text area genuinely open — plain, continuous background with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations in it — while the rest of the scene fills the frame naturally. That LEFT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the LEFT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Ntikuma sits on a rock and looks up. 'Dad,' he calls, 'do not hug the pot. Attach it to the back with the rope, and then the legs can grip!'

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: In a tight close view, Anansi (match attached reference) presses his embarrassed face against the rough tree bark as Pot's Bark-Rope (match attached reference; taut across the close view) cuts across the scene, capturing his realization that the pot is already incomplete. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the LEFT. Keep the RIGHT 50% text area genuinely open — plain, continuous background with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations in it — while the rest of the scene fills the frame naturally. That RIGHT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the RIGHT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Anansi stops still on the silk-cotton, and his face gets hot. His small kid has wisdom that is not in the pot. What a glitch in his big plan!

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) climbs a silk-cotton tree with the intact, closed Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference) strapped to his back, secured by Pot's Bark-Rope (match attached reference; securing the pot to Anansi's back). His legs grip the bark. Below, Ntikuma (match attached reference) watches from his rock, with a pale plastic bucket far off near the forest path. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed in the lower part of the frame. Keep the TOP 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the TOP 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the LOWER 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred top text area. That TOP 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the TOP 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Anansi attaches the pot to his back with the rope. Then he grips the silk-cotton with all his legs. Up and up he steps, and Ntikuma looks on.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) falls mid-air above the tree roots, legs flailing behind the upside-down Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference; striking a tree root as its woven lid detaches and spins away) as Pot's Bark-Rope (match attached reference; slipping loose during the fall) slips loose. The pot's lid spins toward the ferns as startled sunbirds flash from the green canopy. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the RIGHT. Keep the LEFT 50% text area genuinely open — plain, continuous background with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations in it — while the rest of the scene fills the frame naturally. That LEFT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the LEFT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

But then the rope slips! Anansi snatches at the pot, and he falls. The pot hits the silk-cotton with a crack, and the lid detaches and spins off.

Page 8
Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) sits dazed in crushed ferns at the tree roots, surrounded by the two split pieces of the Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference; broken into two pieces with the lid detached). Gold-green threads stream from the break into spider-lilies and toward far hills, with sleeping children faintly visible in the distance. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the LEFT. Keep the RIGHT 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the RIGHT 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the LEFT 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred right text area. That RIGHT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the RIGHT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

The pot splits in two. The wisdom spills from it and drifts off on the wind. Anansi sits in the plants. He can not catch the wisdom. It is gone to all the lands.

Page 9
Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) and Ntikuma (match attached reference) sit side by side in a fern bed, with the two pieces of the broken Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference; broken into two pieces with the lid detached) between them. A small yellow weaver-bird sings from one piece while Anansi looks at his empty legs hanging loose. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed in the lower part of the frame. Keep the TOP 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the TOP 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the LOWER 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred top text area. That TOP 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the TOP 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Anansi and Ntikuma sit still by the split pot. Weaver-bird lands on it and sings a topnotch song. Anansi looks at his legs, and he is not so sad.

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) and Ntikuma (match attached reference) sit together in the ferns; Anansi raises one leg mid-count and stares at his legs with his mouth half-open while Ntikuma sits beside him calmly. Nearby lie the two pieces of the broken Pot of Wisdom (match attached reference; broken into two pieces with the lid detached), with fern shadows patterned on the ground. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the RIGHT. Keep the LEFT 50% text area genuinely open inside a smooth, low-detail gradient blur covering the LEFT 60% of the image. Use only a plain, continuous continuation of the scene background there, with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations. Keep all important characters and detailed scene content in the RIGHT 40%, with only a soft natural fade into the blurred left text area. That LEFT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the LEFT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

'I got lots of wisdom,' says Anansi, 'but I did not use it. My plan and my acts were a mismatch.' 'Dad,' says Ntikuma, 'the wisdom is not in a pot. It is in the use of it.'

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Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) laughs and tells a story in an Akan village clearing while elders, children, a weaver, and a drummer listen, with bright Western casual clothing, a carved drum, patterned cloth, painted cement walls, and small daylight wisdom motes drifting between them. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed toward the LEFT. Keep the RIGHT 50% text area genuinely open — plain, continuous background with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations in it — while the rest of the scene fills the frame naturally. That RIGHT 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the RIGHT 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

Anansi is back home. A big batch of kids sits with him, and he tells them what he did. Anansi grins at his mess, and all the clan grins with him.

Page 12
Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colors and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Inside a village home, Ntikuma (match attached reference) holds up a perfectly undone woven knot while surprised adults admire her. Enamel bowls are stacked near a wall, sneakers sit by the doorway, and Nyame’s small pleased face appears beyond the clouds. COMPOSITION: Compose ONE full-bleed scene with a single continuous background that fills the whole image, characters at natural size placed in the lower part of the frame. Keep the TOP 50% text area genuinely open — plain, continuous background with NO characters, objects, props, hanging items, plants, patterns or decorations in it — while the rest of the scene fills the frame naturally. That TOP 50% text area must be the SAME continuous background color as the scene (not a flat panel, not a different shade, no dividing line). Do NOT shrink or squash the characters. Book text will be overlaid in the TOP 50% text area. Do not include any written text, letters, numbers, captions, speech bubbles, signs, labels, logos, or watermarks anywhere; the image must be purely illustrative.

At home, Ntikuma fixes a big hitch in a rope, and the adults clap. Nyame looks down and smiles. No one has all the wisdom, and that is best of all.

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