Character Design

These are the main characters of my story. Little frightened Amelia, haunted by nightmare monsters....

and the old, wise Indian guy...well it certainly looked like a guy in the initial sketch but now it looks more like an old lady doesn't it.....? :/
Oh well, it doesn't really matter anyway I guess..but would be interesting to know - What do you think? Man or Lady?

This project will be a lot experimenting with combining traditional and digital work. There is just something about those textures and layering aesthetic I absolutely adore but I still want to keep the handmade feeling of my work.

Little Girls and Nightmare Creatures

This is a character design for  my latest book project. I still have to change some bits but I'm actually rather in love with her already.
Plus some sketches of children.

I also did some Rorschach Printing to get inspiration for nightmare creatures. It worked surprisingly good and I had a well good time making them.

The Project is going well so far.♥

The Stuff of Nightmares

 

The playthings of the innovent can be rather creepy at times. I created those drawings after visiting a exhibition called 'The Stuff of Nightmares' in the V&A Museum of Childhood in London, which is a really recommendable place to go. For the exhibition the Front Room Gallery had been transformed into a sinister forest by local schoolchildren working with artists. It became the dark setting for a re-telling of the Brother Grimm's Fundevogel and explored the darker side of the child's  imagination.
It was very interesting and gave me a lot inspiration for my latest project.

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