ancient greece

Ancient Greece

Greek art has a profound effect through the ages, it has influenced many artists and its styles have been reproduced in the modern day. Ancient Greece was dominated by religion, so its clearly expressed in the art of the time.  Most recorded paintings depicted god like figures on vases and walls of beautifully built temples.
Greek religion was focused on various beliefs and cult practices. When it came to greek religion there was not only one god but multiple and all were depicted through art as beautifully posed figures the women were exquisitely beautiful and the males had defined muscles and were ultimately strong and overpowering. 

Neolithic cave painting.

Neolithic cave painting.

Neolithic in its simplicity means the new stone age, and it was around 40.000 years ago. During this period the first recorded pieces of art have been found. Mostly found in caves on ceilings and walls of the caves. The exact reasons of these paintings are not known, although it has been decided that they were not just for decoration, as many of the paintings were painted on parts of the cave which were hard to reach. It is thought that the beginning of religious beliefs started around this time, as among the paintings found on the walls there was images depicting women as 'goddesses' and bulls being worshipped. This suggested the beginning of religious beliefs in this era.

The Witches Sweet House- Research

I like the front door in this image and the multiple chimneys Possibly add this into my own?

Im not too keen on this one I think it looks too simple. 

I love the use of colour and odd shapes in this version.

Far too simple. But I like the idea of lollipops in the front.

I love the idea of biscuit stepping stones in the front path, maybe do something similar?

The many faces of Gretel

Research on the different versions of Gretel.

The many faces of Hansel

Some research on the different looks of Hansel.

The many faces of a witch

The look of a witch basically depends on the creator, I've researched many faces of witches and so far these are my favourite. Some are too gruesome as I wish to make my witch a tad sweeter and more beautiful as she manages to lure the children inside the house, but once inside her entire persona changes. 

Graziano Farinaccio

Graziano Farinaccio

Graziano Farinaccio is an illustrator represented by Advocate Art Illustration Agency. He has been drawing for as long as he can remember and it is his passion for art that led him to his career as a freelance illustrator. His work is full of character, inspired by artists such as Arthur Rackham and Lisbeth Zwerger and mixed with a world full of pop details and creepy illusions. He always begins with pencil sketches of the composition idea and completes the overall piece with acrylic paints or digital technique.

Once again I find his works are heavily influenced by Burton and his many followers and fans of that style. I love this piece as I find it gives the book a less childish feel even though it keeps its intensity. 

Ashley Fisher

Ashley Fisher

Fisher is a freelance artist and colour stylist from california. She specializes in inking, color, character rigging, layout, animation cleanup, background cleanup. I love her work It reminds me a lot of Tim Burton's work, also I appreciate the multiple layers she uses in her pieces, doing this I feel adds depth to her work and makes it more appealing to the audience. The lack of excessive colour also gives the book its well deserved creepy feel which I feel usually is lacking in others versions. 

Sybille Schenker

Schenker is a Berlin based illustrator who recently created images based on Hansel and Gretel. Instead of traditionally drawing them or painting them she created the creepy silhouettes using paper cuts and transparencies. The multiple layering of various textures really deepens the mystery of the story and I find it engages the audience more and gives the story more depth. 

I love this style and I think its a brilliant idea to make the book more interactive.

Walter Crane- Research

Walter Crane

Walter was a British born artist and book illustrator. He is known as one of the most influential childrens book creators of his time. I like his style due to the lack of colour. 

I find the simple block black and the black outline shows off his style of work adequately. 

The simplistic yet highly detailed style is something I will be thinking about trying to reproduce in my own work.

Jan pienkowski- research

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 Jan Pienkowski

Pienowski is a Polish born British children's illustrator, he was born 1936 and has done work for theatre. I love his style of work because the majority of it is silhouette based. The contrasting colours from the backgrounds to the blackened shapes in the fore ground really attract my attention and I think its a brilliant style, this could be created through printing, ink, or stencils. I also like the way he cleverly manages to entwine his illustrations successfully within the text.

yuhon

Yuhon is a deviantart artist, i cant find much information on him but I love his Zodiac work.