onsdag 26 februari 2014

AUTHOR MANIFESTO: PART 2

These were my drawings in response to looking at the book of keels and old bestiary drawings.

The first one explaining how humans are destroying the planet and magical creatures take refuge in this safe haven hidden in the depths of the forest.


The other is an introduction to my creature and how it is connected to nature and appears to kids in need.


Unfortunately these were scrapped and we decided to go for another idea with a better sense of narrative. Kind of like a children's book, but with more of a dark tone to it.

torsdag 20 februari 2014

AUTHOR MANIFESTO: INSPIRATION

We sat down to talk about our plans for making a manifesto for our creatures and the world that they live in. They live in a magical forest glade which is nourished by Rosies slug creature that lives in a tree in the middle that the other creatures take care of to make sure that the forest will continue to grow. One subject that came up was also their issues with humanity. Humans are destroying the planet and the forests are getting smaller and smaller making this glade one of the final safe havens for other magical creatures that take shelter in their glade.

For inspiration of style we decided to look at The book of Kells and classic Beastiary illustrations.

Book of Kells:







Beastiary:








måndag 17 februari 2014

AUTHOR GENESIS: PART 5

The shoot was so much fun. Everyone in my group got along very well. Everyone got to direct their own scenes with their creatures and i filmed after their storyboards.

Photos from the shoot:








AUTHOR GENESIS: PART 4

The next part of this assignment was to get into groups and make a film about the creatures that we had made.

We were assigned the word MEET to have our film revolve around our creatures meeting. After in depth discussions of our creatures personalities we came up with this idea of all of them being invited to a party and their personalities showing in how they react to the invite. And since all of the creatures reside in the forest we filmed in parks nearby school. And Jacksons character lives in a cardboard house which explains the set we built. I did the filming and editing and helped design the set.
Here is a link to the video:


This is the costumes in my group:

Rebecca:


Sam:


Taylor:


Margo:


Jackson:


Me:


Rosie:




söndag 9 februari 2014

AUTHOR: GENESIS PART 3

Sketchbook pages defining my character even further:

Characteristics:






Purpose:






Setting:









AUTHOR: GENESIS PART 2

Working on my costume:

I decided to skip the face as it only made the costume look a bit scary. And one of my early inspirations was cousin it from the Addams family so a nose poking out of the fur seemed to fit better with what i wanted my character to be.







Materials used:
-Chicken wire
-Drink straws
-Lion onsie from primark
-Cotton fabrics
-Water baloon
-Cardboard

Final piece during the show: