I'm quite a fan of Neil Gaiman's Stardust among other things so when I found out there was a competition to create an image for the radio dramatisation of it, I was on it like a shot. I re-read the book to start with, to refresh myself of key events (I have an illustrated copy of Stardust and I don't like a majority of the illustrations, so I'm considering taking to Folio Society brief and changing it to Stardust). The wording on the brief was a little bit vague, there weren't any real dimensions only "no larger than A4, Landscape orientation" and it didn't say if "Stardust by Neil Gaiman" had to be anywhere on the image - I assumed not as it would just be used as the image for the radio show (iplayer thing).
I enjoyed experimenting with ink, mixing quink and water gives really nice effects which remind me of space so I thought it would be appropriate.
For me Yvaine is the main point of stardust, her being the star and all so I wanted to just have her be the focus of the imagery. Before I re-looked over the brief I played with the title 'stardust' over a circle, and really enjoyed the circular framing. I think it sort of links back to the story as there is a hole in the wall that connects 'Wall' and 'Faerie'. And also looks like a glowing aura around the star.
I wanted to include more bits of the story, the jewel of Stormhold that knocks Yvaine out of the sky is a big plot point that links a lot of event so I thought including this would be appropriate.
These are all really rough works but I think I've got the basis of something to go off to make a final image.
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