Pages:

The development of the introduction page of the spring magazine. 
The dynamic view of the trees is much more clear and interesting than the vague candyfloss tree.

The maze background was pink instead of yellow for a while but that looked like worms instead of branches.

The spot the difference made me notice how bad my digital drawing attempts were. 
Its too dark and flat and the line art is too thick. Entirely not the vibe I was going for.
The new version is much more appealing as a kids illustration.

The plan of the inside of the magazines. I originally planned to only have 16 pages, but realised that would be too small to provide any enjoyment so I upped it to 24.

Characters:

Despite liking the patterns I added to some of my drawings, I hated they way they looked so digital. It didn't fit the collage look I wanted.
I redrew all the characters with gouache and coloured pencils and scanned them in, giving all the illustrations more texture.
The main change I made while redrawing them was the eyes. By making them larger I could add more personality and emotion to them, which would then resonate more with young children.
(I still hope I got enough emotion through with just body language for the spaceperson.)

Mascot:

I planned to have a mascot that would be included in all issues of the magazine and would talk the kids through the tasks. I wanted something cute, like Hello Kitty, and would change outfits to fit the theme, like Mr. Benn. 
I eventually decided to abandon the idea and have a different cast of characters walk the kids through each issue of the magazine.

Patterns and other:

After drawing the first lot of animals, I wanted to add to them in a Lauren Child/ Charlie and Lola style. I drew a variety of patterns to patch together to make the animals but ended up mostly using them for backgrounds.

I made other physical things and scanned them in to aid the collage/cut out aesthetic I was going for. The felt and fabric were most useful for backgrounds and were easily edited to be any colour I needed.
The finger and hand prints as well as the brush strokes and general mess were used to decorate empty spots on pages.
I think the cutout, hand drawn materials gave the 'you will need' pages a much more interesting look than just drawing them.

Fonts:

I made 4 fonts for this project that I used throughout most of the two magazines. 
These are the final fonts along with the paper cutouts I made two of them from.