Proposal for FMP

Proposal

I've tried to think of a theme that I can relate to "meetings and connections" that involves a lot of media and that I find easy to talk about and explore. So for this project I've thought mainly about the theme of "Alice and wonderland", one of my favourite childhood books by Lewis Carroll that brings up a lot of memories and natural and fantasy imagery. I feel like this theme emits endless creative opportunities with it's amount of character, famous quotes and various illustrations by many different illustrators trying to portray the personality of the wild and whacky characters. This is something that really interests me and if I could I would reinvent my favourite ones such as the queen of hearts and the white rabbit mainly because these characters emit personality and possibilities of creativity.
I had this really good idea that I've been thinking about for a while of creating a large playing cards specifically for the queen of hearts, really detailed intricate design work with layers of materials and mixed media would embellish this card and I could scan it and work into it on photoshop. This is one of many ideas that I have including experiments with dry point and lino prints and possibly turning the project into an illustrative brief in which I could re-create a new book cover that reinvents the old styles that we've seen throughout the years especially John Tenniel's work which is known world wide and is quite dated.
I could also use some of John's illustrations in my work as a contrast against a new improved version. Also, I could write about this book for hours and I know a lot about the story, characters and the many adaptions of the film, the evolution of the characters and favourite passages which provide inspiration for my artwork.