FMP - Romeo and Juliet Paper Cuttings

My take on the story of Romeo and Juliet told over a four day period in the media of my own paper cuttings. 

These will then be used to create shadows as part of an interactive way to tell the story.

Day 1: 

Romeo kills Tybalt

Romeo + Juliet spend Monday night together

Capulet arranges for Paris and Juliet to marry

Day 2:

Juliet goes to Friar Laurence who gives her distilling liquor 

Juliet drink potion on Tuesday night

Day 3:

Juliet is discovered 'dead' and is buried the same day

Romeo buys poison before leaving for Juliets tomb in Verona

Finds body of Juliet

Murders Paris and drinks poison just before Juliet awakes to find him dead beside her

She kills herself

Day 4:

They are discovered in the early hours of Thursday morning

Sketches

Recent quick observational sketches I did whilst in the studio at uni.

Only You

Typographic work developed from initial sketch in my sketchbook.

R + J paper cuttings - Continued

A work in progress of my FMP paper cutting designs.

Progression with R + J

I've been experimenting with layering the shadows onto text and have found that it makes the imagery less clear. I may try out different coloured papers and give it another try as i had intended to incorporate moving text with the shadows.

I made a small booth in which to encase it all in and after playing around with the shadows I have found it may work better for the text to be situated on the base and the shadows to be shone onto the back wall. 

Now i've worked out a nice set up i need to sort out my other cuttings, and the text to work with it.

Shadow Making

Last night I had a momentous brainwave and after struggling for 3 months solid I think i've discovered a technique that would work well with recreating the narrative of Romeo + Juliet. 

I had originally planned to tell the story though paper cuttings in the form of a book but now i'm considering using shadows created with my paper cuttings in an interactive way. 

I think i could finally be on to something here....YIPEE!! 

Secret 7

I've designed some vinyl covers for Haim and Laura Marling for Secret7.

Please help me out by voting for them HERE to be part of the exhibition.

Romeo and Juliet Papercutting

My finished paper cutting.

This is part of my research towards my Final Major Project.

Romeo + Juliet Paper Cutting WIP

Work in progress for my Final Major Project.

My aim is to produce a book telling the Shakespearean story of Romeo and Juliet through an up to date style of paper cuttings and other artistic medias.

With the design shown above i'm working back to front so that no pencil markings are visible on the finished design.

FMP Work in Progress

Blinding - Graphic Novel

A small section of my graphic novel I will be submitting for my minor project based upon music imagery. This is an on-going project that i will complete at a later date but i'm happy with the feel and style it is progressing towards. 

It is intended to be projected onto a large wall in order for the audience to be full immersed in the experience. 

Christmas creations

I was going to get started on my christmas cards today but I went to get red and green lino paint but they didn't have any so i've made christmas tags instead.

Acetate Acetate

Been trying to show how i would like my graphic novel to look in terms of a projection film made up of layers of my own illustrations. I'm starting work on it this Tuesday so i'm hoping all will go to plan in terms of how i'm imagining it to look.

I've printed my scanned images onto acetate then re-scaned them and i really like the vibrant colour and the way the layers work so well. This is a perfect representation of how i want my projected graphic novel to look so you are guided through the song 'Blinding' with flickering images, movement and different layers.

The waking world

Continuation of my graphic novel based upon the song 'Blinding' by Florence + the Machine. 

The book once finished is intended to work with the song to be read as you listen to it.

That time of year again.

It's that time of year again when I start making christmas. 

This year i'm thinking of going for lino cut deer prints. Obviously black and pink aren't appropriate christmas colours(i'll sort that out some time soon) I was just trying out the prints to see how they looked. I love Christmas.