Anansi and the Wise Pot Jolly Phonics · Step 2, Unit 5: magic e (a_e i_e o_e)

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Anansi and the Wise 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, colours and clothing; do not redesign them. SCENE: Anansi (match attached reference) sits at the centre 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 colour 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.

This is Anansi. He sits in his web with a big pot. 'I will take all the wisdom in the land,' he grins. 'I will keep it in this 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, colours 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 colour 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 on the path. Tortoise tells him a fine plan. Anansi tips the plan in the pot and shuts the lid. The pot is full up.

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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, colours 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 colour 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.

'I will hide the pot up in this tall tree,' Anansi grins. He hugs the pot to his chest and grips the trunk, but he slides back. Slide, slide, slide!

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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, colours 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 colour 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 with his firewood. 'Dad,' he calls, 'tie the pot on the back, not the chest! Then all the legs can grip.' That is a wise 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, colours 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 realisation 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 colour 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 hides his face on the bark. His small kid has a plan that is not in the pot. The pot can not take it all.

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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, colours 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 colour 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 takes the pot on his back and ties the rope. His legs grip the trunk well. Up, up, up he glides!

Page 7
Create a single full-page children's book illustration. Use the attached character reference images and match each named character exactly — same shapes, colours 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 colour 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 the rope slips! The pot takes a dive and hits a root. Crack! The lid spins off in the grass.

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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, colours 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 colour 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! The wisdom drifts out far and wide, off to the hills. Anansi sits in the grass. His pot is empty.

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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, colours 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 colour 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 in the ferns. Weaver-bird lands on the pot and sings a note. Anansi looks at his legs and smiles a small smile.

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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, colours 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 colour 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 counts on his legs. 'All the wise plans in the land,' he mutters, 'and I did not act on them.' Ntikuma smiles. 'The wisdom is not in a pot, Dad. It is in us all.'

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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, colours 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 colour 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 wisdom drifts in the wind, all across the land. Anansi tells the tale in the glade. 'That was a big mistake!' he jokes, and they all smile.

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, colours 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 colour 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.

Inside the home, Ntikuma fixes a stuck rope, and the elders gaze at him. Up in the clouds, Nyame smiles. No pot can take all the wisdom, and that is fine.

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