Ranking Week 2

On Monday we had to choose three ideas from the thumb nails. The text i made from a ribon - photographed and uploaded onto photoshop. I had two definite choices however the third idea was still in sketch form as i wanted to do an illustration. I wanted to create an image of Alice and her dreamy state. I was either going to create a sketch of Alice next to the rabbit hole with the fantasy's loosely around and coming from the tree. However i thought the illustration its self was too large and intricate for a book cover. .I really wanted to at least try to get away from the story, so that i wasn't "just" illustrating the story. I wanted to demonstrate a concept. The second execution of this concept became an illustration of Alice in a sleeping position with her dreamy fantasy's coming from her hair as her hair was communicating what was going on inside her mind as she slept. When i was happy with the outline of the final illustration  then uploaded it to photoshop. I added colour with fabric texture as in my minds eye i saw the final image as a collage. I did try out actual collage but as i was cutting and sticking the picture was ending up a bit tacky.  Although i like the final illustration i also liked the graphics piece and as the teacher preferred it i presented it for assessment. - The graphics piece was a reconstruction of the room in which Alice finds the small door. I had used a door that i found on Google images but i was advised to photograph and edit an actual door - which i did. I found the perfect door in Adare :) the perfect door waiting in Adare, who knew! Once printed it was cut and stuck to a block of polystyrene to look like a real book for assessment.
    The second part of the project was to design and produce a 3D book relating to Alice in wonderland and incorporating the essence of the theme. I had a curiosity shelf ( that was my jewelery box : ?) so i thought this was a brilliant thing to start with. I designed the book as if it had been found in the garden where Alice was at the beginning of the story. I also wanted it to be old looking and overly embellished as the book was set in the 19th century - Victorian decoration. I filled the compartments with small ornaments that related to the characters in the book. I made an Alice doll also, so if a child was to interact with the book they could play with the doll, open the small books, read the labels, "drink me", "eat me"etc. ( if it didn't fall apart - not for toddlers lol) I created the cover and a frame for the compartment area in paper mashe, cut the Ace cards to make several doors and made some ornaments from air drying clay. I'm delighted with it although there were a few problems along the way. (as there always is) Creative solutions had to be found quickly as time was of the essence - just like the rabbit in the story. :)