S.T.I.C.K.E.R.S

I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT HOW TO INTERGRATE MY CHARACTER IN TO THE STORY - THINKING ABOUT HOW TO MAKE MY PENNY DREADFUL APPEALING IN A SORT OF COLLECTABLE//INCENTIVE TO BUY KIND OF WAY.
I STARTED THINKING ABOUT STICKERS AND THE WAY THAT FIRSTLY YOU ALMOST MAKE A KIT FOR YOUR SELF OF LOTS OF DIFFERENT COMPONENT PARTS. YOU GET GIVEN A BACK GROUND AND MAYBE A STORY OR A THEME BUT ESSENTIALLY YOU DECIDE HOW YOU WANT YOUR STORY TO LOOK//ALSO THEY ALLOW THE READER TO MAKE THE STORY AS PERSONAL TO THEM AS THEY WHANT OR AS CLOSE TO THE STORY AS THEY WANT. IT ALLOWS THE IDEA OF PLAY - EVEN THOUGH EVERYTHING HAS ALREADY BEEN DECIDED...
I THINK THIS PICTURE IS GREAT BECAUSE IT IS. AN ELEPHANT//GIRAFFE//WOLF//DINOSAUR IN SOME SORT OF GRASSY BACK GROUND. THE ONLY THING THAT IS CONNECTING THEM IS THAT THEY ARE ALL ATTACHED TO THE RATHER STRANGE BACK GROUND. THAT IS THE ONLY CONTEXT YOU HAVE BUT YOU KNOW THAT THEY PROBABLY CAME FROM A BOOK ABOUT ANIMALS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS

I LOVE TWO DOUBLE PAGE SPREADS ABOVE (ESPECIALLY THE THOMAS THE TANK ONE) BECAUSE IT SHOWS ALL THE COMPONENT PARTS YOU CAN PUT INTO YOUR KIT. YOU CAN GIVE ALLM DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES AS YOU HOW THE PAGES CAN LOOK AND WHAT THE CHARACTERS COULD BE DOING.

THIS ONE IS GREAT BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED COLOUR PALETTE WHICH HOLDS ALL THEW STICKERS TOGETHER AND MAKES THEM IN TO A SET. I ALSO LOVE THE TEXT. THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING IDEA.............................................................

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I AM GOING TO TRY LINO PRINTING ON TO WHITE LABELS/STICKERS TO SEE IF THIS WILL WORK..

P R I N T B L O G G G G G G G G

http://adventuresintheprinttrade.blogspot.com/

PICASSO PRINTS

I THINK THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THESE TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF PRINTS BY PICASSO IS THAT ALTHOUGH THEY ARE VASTLY DIFFERENT THERE IS STILL ENOUGH OF HIS OWN LANGUAGE IN EACH OF THEM TO MAKE YOU ABLE TO SEE THAT THEY ARE MADE BY THE SAME PERSON. I LOVE HIS USE OF NEGATIVE SPACE IN BOTH OF THEM AND THE WAY HE USES QUITE LARGE AREAS OF BLOCK COLOUR.

(OUT) OF CONTEXT

COMPLETLEY OUT OF CONTEXT TO THE PROJECT BUT THIS IS A.M.A.Z.I.N.G

HIRSUTE

I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN INTERESTING IDEA REGARDING IMAGE AND TYPOGRAPHY WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE...I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT IS QUITE NAIVELY DONE

ZINE ZINE ZINE ZINE (HOW TO MAKE)

EDY LEGRAND

EDY LEGRAND





L.O.O.K. A.T. T.H.I.S......................................................
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http://www.fulltable.com/VTS/aoi/l/legrand/mc.htm

THE STORY SO FAR

Over the last few weeks a few strange whispers have emerged from the woods of Wanstead concerning the possible sighting of a bear-like creature. The animal was first sighted during early November 2008 by 18-year-old angler Michael Kent who was fishing with his brother and father in the Hollow Ponds area of Epping Forest, on the border of Wanstead and Leytonstone.

The teenager claimed that whilst walking towards his brother’s swim, he heard a rustling in the bushes and saw the back of a dark, hairy animal around four-foot in height, that scampered off into the woods

a woman from the Love Lane area of Woodford Bridge, claimed she’d been left shaken after seeing a similar hairy beast in broad daylight which she described as having large feet, and standing around four-feet in height. The creature then leapt over a wall

DE MOULIN BROS. & CO

DE MOULIN BROS. & CO

http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/demoulin/index.htm

THESE ARE MY FAVEROUTE ANIMAL MASKS::::::



THEY COME FROM THE DE MOULIN BROS. & CO CATALOGUE CIRCA 1930 WICH HAS A VAST COLLECTION OF MANY WIERD AND WONDERFUL THINGS>>>>

MA$K$

THE OTHER OPTION FOR THE FACE OF MY CHARACTER IS THAT HE WILL WEAR A MASK. THIS COULD STILL WORK BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OBVIOUS THAT THE MASK NEVER MOVES SO THERE FOR IT IS NOT A REAL BEARS FACE, BUT A PERSON WEARING A MASK. THIS IS SCARY IN THE SENSE THAT YOU CANNOT SEE:
WHAT THE PERSON LOOKS LIKE UNDERNEATH
WHERE THEY ARE LOOKING
THEIR EMOTIONS
..W H O T H E Y A R E..







AN ACTUAL BEARS FACE....................:

F ACE PAINT

IT COULD BE AN INTERESTING IDEA IF THE PERSON IN THE BEAR COSTUME IN MY PENNY DREADFUL HAD PAINTED THE WRONG BEARS FACE FOR HIS BEAR COSTUME. SO HE COULD HAVE A PANDA FACE ON A B R O W N B E A RS BODY. THE PANDA FACE REMINDS ME OF THE FACES BELOW - FROM VILLAGE FOLK CULTURE...............





SEE CAMBERWELL BLOG FOR JOKER/CHELSEA SMILE REFRENCES (PETER)))::

T H E L E A G U E O F G E N T L E M E N

FOR ME THE LEAGUE OF GENTLE MEN IS THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT I SEE MY PENNY DREADFUL BEING SET. THERE IS SOMETHING SO SINISTER AND MACABRE ABOUT IT AND EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER IS COMPLETELY EXTREME BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU CAN SEE THEM IN EVERY VILLAGE IN ENGLAND. THIS TIES IN WITH THE WHITTLESEA STRAW BEAR - WHERE BECAUSE IT IS ROOTED DEEPLY IN ENGLISH FOLKLORE IT IS SOMEHOW OVER LOOKED AS TO HOW SCARY IT IS.I THINK THIS WOULD BE A REALLY INTERESTING IDEA TO APPLY TO THE SETTING OF LONDON - WHERE FOLKLORE IN A COUNTRY VILLAGE WAY IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THERE. BUT THIS JUXTAPOSITION OF THE GRIMY CITY AND THE SURREAL FOLKLORE MIGHT WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER.



THIS CLIP IS ABOUT HOW THE WRITERS OF THE L.OF.G FORMED THE CHARACTER OF PAPA LAZAROUS FROM A LANDLORD THEY HAD. IT IS INTERSTING TO SEE HOW EVEN THE MOST DEPRAVED AND SCARY CHARACTER IN THE PROGRAMME HAS ITS FOUNDATIONS IN A REAL PERSON...



PAPA LAZAROUS:::::



WHITTLESEA SRAW BEAR FESTIVAL PARTICIPANT::::

WHITT LESEA STRAW B E A R

I THINK THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING IDEA OF HOW THE BEAR DOESN' T HAVE TO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE A 'REAL' BEAR. I THINK THE wHITTLESEA STRAW BEAR IS MUCH SCARIER THAN ANY FAKE FUR COSTUMES. I THINK IT IS ALSO ABIT DARK THAT IT IS LED AROUND BY IT' S 'KEEPER' AND THEN AT THE END OF IT IT IS BURNT.

"The festival of the Straw Bear or "Strawbower" is an old custom known only from a small area of Fenland on the borders of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire, including Ramsey Mereside.[1] (Similar ritual animals have been known in other parts of Europe, and still appear in parts of Germany at Shrovetide.)

On Plough Tuesday, the day after Plough Monday (the first Monday after Twelfth Night), a man or boy was covered from head to foot in straw and led from house to house where he would dance in exchange for gifts of money, food or beer. The festival was of a stature that farmers would often reserve their best straw for the making of the bear.[2]

The custom died out early in the 20th century, c.1909 (probably because the local police regarded it as begging), but it was resurrected by the Whittlesea Society in 1980.[2]

The festival has now expanded to cover the whole weekend when the Bear appears (not Plough Tuesday nowadays, but the second weekend in January instead). On the Saturday of the festival, in addition to the Bear which processes around the streets with its attendant "keeper" and musicians, followed by traditional dance sides, including morris men and women, molly dancers, rapper and longsword dancers, clog dancers and others, who perform at various points along the route.[2]

The bear dances to a tune (reminiscent of the hymn Jesus Bids us Shine) which featured on Rattlebone and Ploughjack, a 1976 LP by Ashley Hutchings,[3] along with a spoken description of the original custom (which partly inspired the Whittlesey revival).

Pub sessions of Irish and other traditional music take place in many of the public houses during the day and evening, and a Barn dance or ceilidh and a Cajun dance round off the Saturday night.[4] The bear "costume" is burned at a ceremony on Sunday lunchtime.[5]"

B E AR NESSECITIES

http://www.whyte.org/bears/research.html

SUITS YOU SIR

I THINK ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT CREATING MY PENNY DREADFUL PROTAGONIST WILL BE TO TRY AND CONVEY A SENSE OF CHARACTER IN IT. I WANT TO DO MY STORY ABOUT A MAN IN A BEAR SUIT - SO FIRSTLY I WILL HAVE TO TRY AND WORK OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS MEANT TO BE A MAN IN A BEAR SUIT INSTEAD OF A BEAR WITH A HUMAN FACE.
I WILL ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW THE SUIT FITS, AND THE CONDITION IT IS IN AS A WAY TO SHOW WHAT THE PERSON INSIDE IT IS PROBABLY LIKE. I WILL ALSO HAVE TO THINK VERY CAREFULLY ABOUT THE WAY HE ACTUALLY LOOKS IN THE PARTS YOU CAN SEE I.E FACE, HANDS, FEET E T C AND HOW I CAN MAXIMISE THE IMPACT THESE PARTS HAVE.

I THINK THIS FIRST IMAGE IS THE MOST SINISTER FOR SOME REASON. I THINK THE MAKE UP ADDS SOME KIND OF FRIGHTENING ASPECT TO IT - OVER JUST A NORMAL HUMAN FACE



I LIKE THE WAY THIS MAN DOESN'T QUITE FIT IN THE SUIT PROPERLY AND IS ALSO COMPLETLEY NOT A BEAR ..!..



I THINK THESE TWO IMAGES OF PEOPLE IN ACTUAL BEARS IS QUITE AN INTERSTING IDEA. IT ADDS ANOTHER DIMENSION TO THE IDEA OF TRYING TO IMMITATE A CREATURE. BUT FOR SOME REASON THESE LOOK SLIGHTLY LESS REALISTIC THAN A SHODDY BEAR OUTFIT







NASTY//CHEAP//TACKY//DATED//PERFECT

CONSIDER THIS

1. STORY
- BEAR SIGHTING IN LONDON
-PERSON IN BEAR SUIT
-WHAT DO THEY DO?
-WHY?
-WHERE?
2. BEARS
-RESEARCH
-BEARS IN LONDON
-HABITAT
-DRAW
3. COSTUMES
-PEOPLE IN BEAR SUITS
-SHAPE
-MATERIAL
4. CHARACTERISATION
-SINISTER
-CREEPY
-MAD
-BAD
-DANGEROUS TO KNOW
-SAD
5. PRINTING/REPROGRAPHICS
-EXPERIMENT
-WOODCUT
-LINO
-PHOTOCOPIER
-COLOURS
6. SEQUENCING/FORMAT
-STORY
-PACE
-MINIMUM 8 PAGES
-SIZE
-PAPER
-INK
-COVER
BINDING
7. COLOURS
-2 COLOURS + WHITE

L O ND ON F OL K L ORE

THE NEW TERM AND THE NEW PROJECT IS CALLED PUBLSIH. THE AIM OF THE PRO JECT IS TO CREATE A PENNY DREADFUL, SOURCING OR CREATING A PIECE OF LONDON FOLKLORE............

I HAVE CHOSEN TO USE THE STORY ABOUT THE SIGHTING OF A BEAR IN LONDON---

http://www.thelondonword.com/2008/12/phantom-or-flesh-bears-in-london/

THIS STORY CAPTURED MY IMAGINATION BECAUSE I INSTANTLY THOUGHT OF A PERSON IN A BEAR COSTUME//SUIT RATHER THAN A REAL BEAR. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE QUITE IN KEEPING WITH THE PENNY DREADFUL ETHOS OF CHOOSING A SLIGHTLY SINISTER CHARACTER WHICH IS QUITE GROTESQUE BUT ALSO HAS AN IDENTIFIABLY HUMAN QUALITY ABOUT THEM - THIS CAN BE SOMETHING FROM THEIR PAST THAT HAS INFLUENCED HOW THEY ARE.

SOME NATIONAL TREASURES:








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