The Harshlykilled Goreys
Este foi um projecto para a disciplina de Práticas de Ilustração, do meu Mestrado em Design e Multimédia, cujo objectivo era criar uma série de cinco ilustrações que se inspirassem num artista Victoriano, escolhido de uma lista dada pela professora. Estas ilustrações tinham de ser coerentes graficamente, ou seja, obedecer a uma linha visual comum e de transpor o trabalho ou a técnica do artista escolhido para actualidade.
Eu baseei-me na técnica de Edward Gorey e usei uma das suas obras mais icónicas, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies", como base do meu trabalho. Como apenas tinha que fazer cinco ilustrações, a ideia principal passou por dedicar um dia útil da semana a cada uma delas, e escrever um pequeno poema, também ele ao estilo de Gorey, que descrevesse melhor as imagens. A transposição para a actualidade está patente na maneira como as personagens morrem, isto é, as causas de morte correspondem àquelas que, hoje em dia, são bastante comuns na sociedade ocidental.
This was a project for my Master's in Design and Multimedia that had as a goal to create a series of five illustrations that had as inspiration a Victorian artist, chosen from a list given by the teacher. These illustrations had to be graphically coherent and had to bring the artist's work or technique to a modern context.
I've used Edward Gorey's illustration technique as an inspiration and one of his most iconic works, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies", was the base of my project. Since I only had to make five illustrations, the main idea was to dedicate a working day to each one and to write a little poem, also in Edward Gorey's style, to better describe the images. The contemporary twist is present in the way the characters die: their causes of death correspond to those that, nowadays, are very common in western society.
Eu baseei-me na técnica de Edward Gorey e usei uma das suas obras mais icónicas, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies", como base do meu trabalho. Como apenas tinha que fazer cinco ilustrações, a ideia principal passou por dedicar um dia útil da semana a cada uma delas, e escrever um pequeno poema, também ele ao estilo de Gorey, que descrevesse melhor as imagens. A transposição para a actualidade está patente na maneira como as personagens morrem, isto é, as causas de morte correspondem àquelas que, hoje em dia, são bastante comuns na sociedade ocidental.
This was a project for my Master's in Design and Multimedia that had as a goal to create a series of five illustrations that had as inspiration a Victorian artist, chosen from a list given by the teacher. These illustrations had to be graphically coherent and had to bring the artist's work or technique to a modern context.
I've used Edward Gorey's illustration technique as an inspiration and one of his most iconic works, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies", was the base of my project. Since I only had to make five illustrations, the main idea was to dedicate a working day to each one and to write a little poem, also in Edward Gorey's style, to better describe the images. The contemporary twist is present in the way the characters die: their causes of death correspond to those that, nowadays, are very common in western society.
