Thursday, 11 February 2016

Applied Illustration - Thoughts and Things and Stuff

Thinking about a theme for this project I immediately thought of space as I always think of doing something space themed - it's a pretty fascinating thing. I got some books out of the library -

I will criticise myself for being narrow minded here but as much as I like space, I'm not sure there's much scope for it in this project. All I can think of is sci-fi story book illustrations or covers, or a basic educational book - most likely for children. Should I be pushing myself to find something suitably space themed? Or should I find a topic with more scope for exploration? I don't want to limit this project and I feel as if I will just end up falling into the pit of drawing space themed ladies and I'd like to try something different.

I have also considered Ancient Greek myth and legends, this idea sort of stemmed from space as Roman/Greek gods aligned with the planets and constellations and such so I wondered if there was a way of linking these two themes.
Also there is scope for character design, illustrations for stories, book covers, perhaps even editorial pieces? As you can just use a photograph for space whereas for something about ancient Greece you can use a pic of a statue or one of them images off a vase.


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