Rough Test Animation

Rumpelstiltskin Concertina Book

This is the result of a brief for the visual narrative project in which we had to retell the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale and interpret the story using our own visual style.

For the cover I cut out the lettering by hand and glued it to a prepared gold coloured board.

I used a mixture of print and collage inside. I wanted to simplify the sequence by using a consistent medium and chose to not use text to elucidate the narrative events. I wanted there to be room for personal interpretation.

I find the concertina format allows me sufficient freedom to continue an ongoing story allowing the viewer the choice of focusing on a single panel or the entire sequence.

I assumed the viewer's prior knowledge of Rumpelstiltskin for the story to be recognisable as that particular fairytale.

New Work In Progress

An attempt to tie together various influences and bring colour into my frenzied drawings. I was concerned that colour would confuse the image further.

This is the centre panel of a triptych on goatskin parchment. I used a magnifying glass to draw faces on every person.