storytelling blog

My project is based on the grimms brothert fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel.my first two illustrations focus on the part of the story where Hansel and Gretel are lost in the woods and find the witches house(in my illustrations the house is an old fashioned sweet shop owned by the child eating old battle axe).My other illustrations show Hansel and Gretel stealing sweets and getting caught by the old lady(who owns the shop).

During this project I looked at the work of Oliver jeffers(in particular his book"The incredible book eating boy")and the way he lays out his illustrations.I looked at alot of Sara Fanelli's work to help with how I created background texture and pattern.I looked at alot of different illustrators work to help with the characterisation of Hansel and Gretel, in particular,Tim Biskupt and hennig Wagenbreth.Throughout the duration of the project I made general refrence to illustrators such as Jonny Hannah and 1960s illustrators/graphic designers.