I've always enjoyed reading, and it just seemed fitting to base my gift-wrap and card design project on A Midsummer Night's Dream - who doesn't love a bit of Shakespeare right?
 |
| taken from (http://www.arthurmag.com/author/aliapenner/) |
The 1959 stop motion film of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Jiri Trnka was my main source of inspiration. I just love those inky blues and mystical purples with splashes of green from the trees!
The quirky style of Trnka made me think about my primary sources, and I quickly decided to focus on stark tree silhouettes for my imagery. I've always liked the eerie style of Arthur Rackham's children's illustrations and his strange anthropomorphised tree imagery...
 |
| taken from (http://www.creativecloseup.com/arthur-rackham-a-life-with-illustration) |
So, with my two sources of inspiration, I set out with my trusty Nikon Camera to take forest imagery as the sun began to go down and night time set in...
Here are a few of my favourites...
Excited to get out my watercolours (love those purples!) and craft knife to do some beautiful blended backgrounds and some hand-cutwork!
More work and research inspiration to come....
Jessica :)
