Mood Board:

to get an idea of what we are going for as a group and a nice way to see how each member of the group envisions the idea prior to sketching the final concept, which is very helpful to guide everyone on the same page.

these are the two moods we will be going for in the world, with a start on the colour palette choice, so a dark fairy tale with the inspiration of German expressionism, elements of Grimm’s fairy tales or folk stories like that of baba yaga along side a whimsical: story book like environment that seems warm and welcoming but with an emptiness and ashy colours to give a feeling of abandonment to the world.

and to show where we drew our inspiration from, the different games, movies, art movements and pictures taken in the outdoors.

To name a few: Over the garden wall / gravity falls / adventure time / don’t starve/ little nightmares / Witcher 3 / German expressionism with the movie: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 / Tim burton.

• Based of the title, dark whimsical fairy farmers market, we decided to go for a green, forest, environment, with magical elements such as a fairy circle, that gradually leads us to a farmers market(still in progress).

• For our homework, we were given the task of picking three characters of our choice and studying their underlying shapes. 

Luci

• Luci is a character from a Netflix series called disenchantment, he is a demon with a conflicted mind on whether to be evil, as he is intended to be, or good due to his choice of actions. We can nicely see the embodiment of that feeling through the mixture of circular shapes as well and triangular shapes, which are always placed at the extremities of the character, but his body is mostly round. Thus, a kind, harmonious, “good” character, who is dressed in “evil,” which is also a reminder of his purpose, yet it is overpowered by the presence of “good,” the circles. 

 

Mable

• Mable is a character from a series of animations called Salad Finger. She is a very reserved character, like most are in the series, though she has no evil intentions, and is quite obedient towards the main character. So, we see a very prominent number of circular shapes, showing her softness, kindness yet, they are quite small which could indicate her belittled character, Although, her hair is bigger than her head, still circular though, it can relate to her being belittled, as if she were hiding within it. Her square body, with the triangular bangs, can be associated with the fact that, although smaller than the main character, she is still his equal. With the knowledge that salad finger, the main character, is imposing, scary and bigger than she is. Yet around her he seems more respectful, showing her authority and resilience. 

 

The Lich

• This character is called The Lich, he is the main antagonist of Adventure time, a cartoon that aired on cartoon network. I chose this character for its interesting development: the individuals being either possessed by him or him being locked in a body as a form of imprisonment, and his true form of course.

1. Sweet Pea

• Sweet pea, similarly to his name, he has quite a rounded figure like a multitude of giant peas being stacked to form him, with such a circular shape being present, it allows us to understand that he is a more calm, kind, and soft type of character, But the horns being triangular in shape meaning pointier would lead to be less approachable and ideal for a villain thus reminding us of his true form.  

2. Billy

• Being trapped in Billy’s body, The Lich slowly starts to make his presence known by having a mixture between the two beings. Billy is a hero, a brave and imposing character by his knowledge and age, so a big, squared body, longer rectangular limbs, and hands, with a small round head. The big squares would represent a more put together strongly minded character fitting him as a strong hero, yet still showing kindness and softness with a circular head. Although, the choice of cutting his head in half and the lich appearing associates with his mind being controlled by the lich, his true self being reduced and taken over by evil, which can also explain the triangles that start to appear, with the skin pulling apart as well as the horns. 

(human billy)

3.The Lich

• The Lich himself, has a simple big, squared body, in his final true form, associating to finally being put together in the similar definition as a puzzle, also it is worth noting that such a big square is imposing to others relating it’s to a character whose power is to bring death upon others, but all the triangles being present, on the flames, horns, crown, cape and limbs to even his claw like fingers, symbolize his power as a villainous character as well as the evil that is to follow.