I have decided to start with the Cheshire Cat design. I want the illustration to be a nod to the Disney version but then also be a little more rooted in reality. I therefore decided to draw a British Shorthair cat. As will most of my drawings I want it to look a bit unusual, a somewhat more adult version than the Disney design. I will use a similar colour palette to the Disney Cheshire cat, incorporating that pink and purple, while keeping the style leaning towards a more realistic cat. I want the grin to still look very exaggerated though.
Im looking to design 3 different images of iconic characters from Alice in Wonderland. I intend this project to be process driven, exploring screen printing in the process. Last year I really enjoyed working with screen printing techniques and would like to expand on them this year. I used screen printing for my final images in the About the Author extended brief. I ended up only using two colours, one of which was black with a simple colour border to frame my composition. This year I want to develop more elaborate pieces, using more colours and possibly working at a bigger scale.
The characters I have chosen for these editions are the Cheshire Cat, the Hookah Smoking Caterpillar, and the Crying Baby Pig. Im aiming to use a minimum of three colours per print. I would like the images to look good stand alone and as a set as well. Perhaps once they are all done I can try textile printing and apply them to totes and t-shirts.
