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After some consideration, I chose the first instalment of Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy, The Final Empire. Influenced by my love for the fantasy genre, it seemed the perfect opportunity to create original imagery of a text that had not been visually explored previously.  \nI produced these works with the intention of creating a modern depiction of a fantasy setting. Using modern technology, I drew away from traditional media and the refined techniques and smoothed brushstrokes of many contemporary fantasy artists. The style of my work is loose and sketch-like, conveying realism without constraining the audience with a photorealistic representation but rather inspiring their imagination. This work was created with the intention of being an adult’s illustrated book, which is in line with what I hope to produce in the future as a professional artist.  \nThe novel consists of five parts. The Final Empire was illustrated through producing at least one painting from each of the five parts of the book to represent a pivotal moment in the storyline. Selected sections of the text were used as reference for the Illustrations and formed the guiding brief for each depiction and character portrayal. All the paintings feature a human figure to tell the story of the characters and their struggle to overthrow the Lord Ruler. Landscape settings were purposely selected to fit the format of the display book also providing a film-like snapshot of the scenes to enhance the connection with the audience. This layout also enabled me to portray environments such as the bar scene in part one. These settings incite the audience to wonder what is beyond the edges. For several of the paintings, for parts three, four and five, as the story developed, I selected a portrait composition as the images are solely focussed on the subject’s face or body language.  \nThe resolved body of work consists of a display book, twenty-five by twenty centimetres in size containing a series of eleven narrative digital paintings, produced on Adobe Photoshop using a Wacom Cintiq. The illustrations are accompanied by a small body of text from the novel, The Final Empire, giving context for those unfamiliar with the novel, and a reminder for those who had read the work.  \nI was influenced by the works of Camila Vielmond, as I admire the movement and loose brushstrokes in her work. Eve Ventrue inspires me through her high degree of photo-realism in a fantastical genre. Works by Alice X. Zhang were valuable influences in portraying the essence of a character.  \nA predominantly neutral black and white colour scheme has been adopted to build upon the work on the novel’s cover, illustrated by Sam Green; I therefore relied upon contrast to distinguish objects within the compositions. For the images rendered in colour, complementary hues of red and blue have been adopted to adhere to the imagery in the novel and for symbolic reasons. In the world of Mistborn, Scardrial, the sky is red, symbolising the Lord Ruler’s overshadowing presence. In contrast, I used blue to symbolise the main characters, Vin and Kelsier, as they are opposed to the Lord Ruler. For example, the piece featuring Vin in her red ball gown possesses a dramatic blend of black and white in addition to these two colours. Her face is without colour, symbolising a sense of neutrality while her gown is red to assimilate her amongst the nobility as she seeks to infiltrate them. Hints of blue are scattered throughout the red to hint at her allegiance to the Skaa. This consistency in complementary colour schemes achieves a sense of harmony between the paintings and links the multiple compositions together.  \nI achieved texture in this series of illustrations through the use of various Photoshop brushes, influenced by the highly e","cbCaie8XKSLkCF5i","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaie8XKSLkCF5i","pdf",111320,"English","# Practitioner’s Statement\n## Project Aim and Approach\n## Illustration Structure and Content\n## Materials, Process, and Influences\n## Colour, Composition, and Visual Symbolism","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the illustrated project?\",\"answer\":\"The author aims to create a modern fantasy depiction with original imagery for a text that had not been visually explored previously, producing work intended for an adult illustrated book audience.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the book organized and how many illustrations were produced?\",\"answer\":\"The novel is illustrated through five parts, with at least one painting representing a pivotal moment from each part. 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