I'm looking at how other artists make butterflies and bugs to try and see how I will approach this subject. Do I go ULTRA-REALISTIC, or SICKLY SWEET or CARTOON?
Here's some examples of ones I've found and like:
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Mr Finch's giant, furry insects are equal parts nightmarish and cuddly! How does the man do it? They take a long time to make and they're crafted from textiles and thread. Mr Finch is brilliant and I never expect to many anything of his calibre but I'm just going to sit here for a moment and take in these big-bottomed beauties... woah....
Even though he's used bold, furry fabrics for the bodies and thick, liquorice-like legs, he's still ensured to make those wings as dainty as they can be on such big minibeasts! They're thin and transparent with skeletal details, making them realistic and looking like functional wings.
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Yumi Okita is the hands behind these fantastically bright and vibrant textile moths. A little more whimsical than the work of Mr Finch. They're still slightly fluffy to describe the hairy nature of moths, but with attention pulled to the glorious wings, hand-embroidered with metallic threads. Very groovy, perhaps too much going on for my poster? I don't want it to be too busy if I'm having several moths.
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Andrea Uravitch crafts these harder, wire and metal insects that make me clench my teeth - odd reaction but I can actually hear them crunch and click as they move and it unsettles me. They look heavier than the moths, and appear hard and glossy. Their legs are obviously wire, maybe more detail could be paid to them if Uravitch wanted them to be more realistic but they definitely look like BEETLES and they really do make me anxious.
Is this the reaction I want to evoke through my poster???
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