Following on from my last development post about the fact that I needed a cherub on my design; I designed what to me after much thought looked more like a fairy than a cherub.. I decided after seeing a trend for cherubs at the moment (my last post on “Be inspired”) that it would be relevant to try and recreate my own for my piece.
I did some research on Pinterest into the styles of Cherubs, I am not a fan of them in all honesty… So I wanted to find a more modern take on them.
I came across one which I found amusing, it reminded me of Banksy’s style. I am a fan of his work. I had the idea of trying to cut a stencil design of one and then spray paint it or just paint it over the top of the type on my postcard.
After researching into a few more styles I decided to have a go at making my own version and this is what I ended up with:
I decided to add a dress (which I originally thought I would make pink; or I still might!) and added the pigtails to give it more an edgy/modern appeal. I might change this yet also.. The idea I have is that the type will go above the wings and then I shall make the letters fall down onto the wings and into the palm of her hand. I quite like the hand lettering and the style of it with the ink smudges.. It gives that more rough/grungy look.
I tried to make the separate parts of this design into a stencil using acetate but it just didn’t work well.. The different parts of the design were far too small and fidly to cut out.
All the different development stages.. lots of paper!
I started typing the type above the design to see how it would work.. I decided I need to make the letters start falling a lot earlier than what I did on this original piece.
This is what I am left with at the moment. A page full of changes that I need to do. I am also aware that this postcard will look a whole lot different to the other 3 so I need to find a way to try and make this one tie in to the other 3. The other 3 are very illustrative with Illustrator but this one is very traditional in the sense everything is done by hand.
Also from one of my previous posts I need to add the “Get Lost” element into it somehow.
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