Tinderbox
I was tasked to design a character from the Tinderbox by Hans Christian Anderson the twist is that it to be set in Persian empire, I choose to design the witch from the story. I started by researching persia and gathered a visual library to use
In my silhouettes I wanted a character that would be visually interesting and distinctive, this is very important for female characters especially, characters that are interesting to cosplay, good characters are very recognisable a lot of them just from the their silhouette. choosing a particular design to bring forward was very difficult, in the end I had many very distinctive designs which all have a very different feel to them. I like the idea of characters that are different that how they initially appear so I choose this dancer design.
Starting with an innocent looking figure I added details that could allude to the character really being a witch, the hair piece and tattoos were based off a Persian witch design on a brass amulet.
I also designed a snake bracelet and shoes, I figured it could be enchanted to come alive, perhaps it could take the place of the dogs in the story.
I took a long time designing the dress clothes I consider them as important as the face as they can convey a large amount of information about the character
With the ideas from the iterations I made I painted up the character, I took some care in making the character's face look Persian
My final painting was somewhat difficult I was running out of time when I drew it and I had difficulty handling the low light levels in the painting, and using a photo for a background, I had initially wanted more figures in the painting running from the snake, but they were infeasible with the skills and time I had. I felt this would be a good picture to show off the character's true nature.
Bibliography
Doostdar, A. (2013). Portrait of an Iranian Witch. The New Inquiry. [online] Available at: http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/portrait-of-an-iranian-witch/ [Accessed 13 Nov. 2015].
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