Final video of artist book
For this project we were asked to get into groups of 5 and create an origin story of how elephant and castle gained its name.
As well of thinking of a narrative we also had to think of a way to make the book. We came up with the idea to use large leaves that we found around Elephant and Castle and illustrate each scene of the leaves.
Our narrative is about a accent kingdom with the last royal elephants that no one likes but are too scared to disrespect. The peasants are foxes and one of those peasants is a joker fox whose passion is entertaining people. However one day he does a performance for the royal family and quickly realises the king is not happy and sends the joker fox away. This frustrates the fox and he ends up blowing up the palace. The end scene is a historical statue from the future that the fox people are observing.
I had a lot of fun doing this project and working in a team with new people. However if i was to do this project again I would use acrylic paint to do the illustrations so there more vibrant.