With Brave New World I really struggled gaining inspiration for the illustrations. With the aid of a study guide (as well as reading the book through) I picked out key aspects of the book that stood out to me and began some research to give me some inspiration and ideas. The main aspects of the story that particularly stood out to me were:
-The children with the flowers and then being shocked
-The Savages and their care for their children
-The lighthouse
The Images below are some of the key bits of inspiration that I found that influenced me and gave me ideas to develop. These images are NOT mine.
Examples taken from the Folio Society to help me with the cover ideas. This part still hasn't yet been completed as I'm still struggling with the layout, though I do have ideas for it...
The lighthouses were for inspirations for the lighthouse at the end of the book. I chose to look at old school tattoo styles ones as it's a style I enjoy doing and thought that it would help create the clear images and lines I wanted in my work.
I really liked the idea of making the mother savage and her child religious in their pose. I thought this would be interesting as religions like Christianity no longer existed in the world and I thought this reflection of religious influence in the piece would work with the theme.
I chose to have the savages faces similar to that of the New Zealand traditional tattoos as it mean I could show they were "savages" thought the use of traditional tribal tattoos without hiding their faces under big masks as described in the books.
The style of the below image really inspired me, especially with the pen tones as I love working in pen. I also liked the use of the roses as I wanted to use them in my work because they represent what is no longer in the world and is encouraged as bad to the children, as the rest of nature.
The below image inspired me as I liked the used of watercolour in the background and how the different tones blend with a "natural" feel to them. I really liked this as it's a similar effect of what I wanted to acheive in my pieces, especially around the sea on the lighthouse illustration.
The above ideas are things that caught my eye, be it style, tone, layout, colour and so on.
Finally, after a few too many cigarettes I jotted some ideas down for multiple ideas and I started moving!
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