Illustration and Visual Narrative Project 2
Blogspot! :) 2023-11-06 - 2023-12-14 (Week 6 - Week 10) Jolin Ceria [Student ID 0363784] Bachelor of Design and Creative Media in Taylor's University Illustration and Visual Narrative Project 2 Project 2 Decisive Moment For this assignment, we were tasked to make an editorial illustration from an urban legend of our choice using the art deco style. Although using an urban legend from our home country was advised, I decided to use an urban legend from Japan because I had more ideas for it and we were allowed to do so. My choices came down to Kuchisake-onna [ 口裂け女 - Slit-mouthed woman] and Akai heya [ 赤い部屋 - The Red Room Curse]. In the end, I decided to make an editorial illustration from Kuchisake-onna. I made some sort of mind map so I had a better idea on what to do, along with my idea for the animation. Fig 1.1 My research for the urban legend Although Kuchisake-onna is commonly depicted wearing a surgical mask, I had decided to make her wield a hand fan in place of a ma...