Metamorphosis - Altered

Having to watch Tim Burton's Corpse Bride recently (Kayla played it in class),
I was inspired by the movie whereby I noticed the corpse has a paler/purple-ish tone to her skin.

And coincidentally, the corpse bride dissapeared into hundreds of butterflies at the end of the movie.
Which is the same as my concept :)

Overall, I touched up the messy parts that I overlooked in the dress. Added a base colour for her hair (only noticable in the first panel). And I made her skin slightly paler/grey-ish tinge because there isn't any life left in her.

Which is why vampires are pale white and ice cold :D 
Lai Yenn.  

Metamorphosis - Tryouts and Final

Sketched out a few postures for my "dead girl"

Pose 1
Sketched on sketchbook

Pose 2
Sketched on sketchbook

Pose 3
By right it should be pose 1 since this was the initial pose I had in my mind
Sketched on sketchbook

Pose 4
Sketched with tablet.
Anatomy inspired by Sakimichan (Deviantart artist)
And I didn't want to choose this one (although I really liked it) because I took 3 hours alone to sketch this with the borrowed tablet.
I didn't have one at home.

So I wanted to continue this manually.
But when I got back home, I didn't care and just finished this on Photoshop.
Using my mouse, of course. LOL

First panel : Full dress & body

Second panel : The bottom part of the dress starts to fade.
At least I think it looked like fading?

Third panel : The fading continues, though the bottom part is more evident.

Fourth panel : The upper part of her body start to fade as well. At the bottom right corner, a wing is beginning to .. form.

Fifth panel : The fading-ness has reached her face. And on the bottom right, the forming of the other butterfly wing is visible.

Last panel : Her entire body & dress has faded, a crimson butterfly has fully developed.

But since my initial plan was to have only 4 panels (I had too much fun with the smudge tool), I've decided to take Panel 1, 3, 5 and 6.

Angie
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Metamorphosis - Pictures and Inspiration

My first assignment for Illustration and Visual Narrative.

These are the pictures that inspired me :)

 

 

My concept was inspired by Fatal Frame II - Crimson Butterfly where the souls of the dead villagers appears as crimson butteflies.

And after researching abit on the symbolic meanings of butterflies, it is usually used to describe as the reincarnations of the dead warriors. In Japan, butterfly is seen as a personification of a person's soul, whether alive, dying, or already dead. And the ancient Greek word for butterfly primarily means "soul" or "mind". And coming from a Chinese family, our culture usually depicts that butterfly symbolizes rebirth, which is what I am trying to show.

Angie
xoxo