*infographics by Venere
this collection raised the question of which geographical style Im going to work in, and after looking through various historical text, i've settled on european mythology and styles.
for one this means I get to use ink as a medium which I haven't got to use for ages and I need to break in my new g-pen.
not directly related but this infographic on cryptozoology has also raised some interesting lines of research for this project. its good to know that works on this subject are still of interest to people, this infographic was used by the daily mail.
*infographic by Mark Adams
looking more at the historical context of bestiaries, unfortunately most seem to have been made but monks and artists whose names have been lost to history, it's such a shame that so many will never be credited for these beautiful and ornate illustrations.
going again to the contemporary side of things, here we can see Ana Maria Pacheco version of a bestiary, she uses screen prints to illustrate poems by George Szirtes. the format the issue itself is also a very handy reference and the animation of the pages will be very much how the bulk of my animated sequence will look.
the bestiary work by edward gorey (the forerunner to tim burton) uses his own distinctive style in pen and ink to give an etched look to his work. like the original bestiary authors, some of his illustrations are more like doodles surrounding the text.
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