https://www.panmacmillan.com/macmillanprize
It's been a little difficult to choose live briefs as briefs that are live now don't run into term time and a lot that will be on during term (D&AD, YCN, big name stuff) isn't on yet. Two potential briefs I think I may be interested in are the Panmacmillan Prize and the Penguin / Random House book covers. I entered the penguin contest last year and enjoyed creating the book cover, but that all depends on what books are chosen - I may not be so interested in them or find them hard to read (I'm a slow reader anyway and struggle to get through books) thinking about this the PanMacmillan prize may be more suited to my interests as you can choose an old fairytale of folk-tale to illustrate. I think this would be especially fun as I am developing quite a dark style, and original fairytales are quite dark and scary - I think I could make some really out there work based on a fairytale. (Plus I have a big ratty book of fairytales from when I was a kid that has a lot of horrifying stories in it, and illustrations that terrified me as a child). It may be interesting to look at the deeper and darker themes of fairytales, though they're barely appropriate for children.
I love the work of Camille Rose Garcia. I think her work is quite creepy, but also so visually pleasing with all the colour and shapes and interesting characters. I think it stays child appropriate while also being a little weird. (Akin to Tim Burton's films Nightmare before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie - they're definitely appropriate for children but have darker elements). I think it would definitely be interesting to see how my work would translate when added to a story.
This project has a lot of elements to it and could involve character design as well as page layouts and text, it would definitely be a big project to work on. There are many constraints on the brief which I think would be helpful for me and definitely something I can really get into.
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