Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Grimm & Strange Stories Research 4

Gothic Fantasy and Faerie Artwork

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Gothic Fantasy Illustration features a variety of paintings in both digital and traditional mediums. Steampunk, Fairies, mermaids, fairy tales, Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, mythology, creatures, princesses, zombies, monsters and more. Diana's creation shows whimsical Alice in Wonderland Characters to the more sinister but humorous zombies and dark fairies.

Diana Levin's illustrations work shows the main fairytale characters as well as a background to suit the story however the sense of a narrative is slightly lacking which will be the main focus of my version of the Grimm's fairytales. What mainly caught my eye when looking at Diana's illustration was the use of mystical backgrounds and relative elements such as the playing cards. This is something I'd like to consider and introduce into my designs so that my illustrations don't come across as just a narrative but as a narrative with merchandise/poster like approach.

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