This final image was designed for the front cover of Zipangu's film times programme. Anyone with an interest in indie/Asian cinema should check out some of the titles they're screening.
The final image brings together a big kaboodle of Japanese myths and monsters, mixed with elements from some of the films on show this year. It was drawn first in pencils (see below) then outline inked with rapidograph, watercoloured and inked with thicker lines/flat black fills. Having rarely strayed into the world of super technicolour - I think I was a tad overzealous with my bright colour scheme and balance, but it required something bolder than my usual shades of green and grey and generally muted pallete.
The lower image shows my initial response to the job; utilising a Pandora's Box as a means to explain the horde of creatures and objects surrounding our main schoolgirl figure. These layout, thumbnail sketches show a few different takes on the general theme. Fei, a producer for Zipangu, was eager to incorporate a cityscape of some sort in the final design - so we opted for a kind of Mary Poppins, flying over the city approach. Superkalifragelisticexpialidocious - Ah Francine you were a good enough babysitter for the young me, but you were no Julie Andrews.
