Wednesday, 15 July 2009
3rd year research
Hello Folks.
Well its been most interesting researching this red riding hood lark, so many variations, its all quite exciting!
im still in love with the charles perrault version (the grusome one were the wolf eats everyone and wins haha) but i recently came across a version written by a chinese auther and illustration called Ed Young. This version is very different to the one we all know,
Story Summary
This is a Chinese Red Riding Hood story of three young children whose mother goes off to visit their grandmother. That night, a wolf comes to the door, pretending to be their grandmother (or "Po Po"). The eldest child, Shang, asks why "she" comes so late and why her voice is so low, and the wolf finds excuses. When the two youngest children let the wolf in, he immediately blows out the candles so that the children cannot see him. He pretends to be sleepy, so they all go to bed. The children feel his tail, and he says it is hemp strings to weave them a basket. Finally, Shang lights the candle, and even though the wolf immediately blows it out, she sees his face. She gets her brother and sister out of the house by saying that they are going to pick gingko nuts for their grandmother, because they will make "her" live forever. The children climb to the top of the tree, and Shang tells her siblings that the "Po Po" in the house is really a wolf. They devise a plan to trick the wolf, and successfully kill it before their mother gets home.
Its not the story im really looking at here, its his illustrations, theyre very beautiful and set the mood wonderfully. heres a few
I love love love these drawings, they reminded a bit of my concept work, purely because of the textures he's used. and the wolf looks a bit similer, This is the style Im hoping to get across in my animation, i hope it works! :)
Well its been most interesting researching this red riding hood lark, so many variations, its all quite exciting!
im still in love with the charles perrault version (the grusome one were the wolf eats everyone and wins haha) but i recently came across a version written by a chinese auther and illustration called Ed Young. This version is very different to the one we all know,
Story Summary
This is a Chinese Red Riding Hood story of three young children whose mother goes off to visit their grandmother. That night, a wolf comes to the door, pretending to be their grandmother (or "Po Po"). The eldest child, Shang, asks why "she" comes so late and why her voice is so low, and the wolf finds excuses. When the two youngest children let the wolf in, he immediately blows out the candles so that the children cannot see him. He pretends to be sleepy, so they all go to bed. The children feel his tail, and he says it is hemp strings to weave them a basket. Finally, Shang lights the candle, and even though the wolf immediately blows it out, she sees his face. She gets her brother and sister out of the house by saying that they are going to pick gingko nuts for their grandmother, because they will make "her" live forever. The children climb to the top of the tree, and Shang tells her siblings that the "Po Po" in the house is really a wolf. They devise a plan to trick the wolf, and successfully kill it before their mother gets home.
Its not the story im really looking at here, its his illustrations, theyre very beautiful and set the mood wonderfully. heres a few
I love love love these drawings, they reminded a bit of my concept work, purely because of the textures he's used. and the wolf looks a bit similer, This is the style Im hoping to get across in my animation, i hope it works! :)
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