Friday, November 30, 2012

12 Dancing Princesses

New side project: Taking a fairytale and re-imagining it under a different theme. One of my favorite tales was the twelve dancing princesses. 12 beautiful girls means twelve fabulous outfits, a magical secret forest, and of course the last but not least aspect, where the prince takes on the task to solve a mystery although many have failed before him.

The theme I am using is the Chinese zodiac, so each sister corresponds to one of the twelve animals. I haven't settled on a definite ethnic visual language, but I'm considering a blend between African and pan-asian. What I have so far are silhouettes of the first three sisters. Rat, Ox and Tiger.

Rat sister silhouettes

Rat sister hair concept

Ox sister silhouettes

Ox sister hair concept

Tiger sister silhouettes

Tiger sister hair concept

Next up will be Rabbit, Dragon, and Snake.