Create an original cover illustration and two editorial spreads created for Little White Lies magazine, depicting the main character of one of your five favourite films of 2011.
Blood streams down Driver's face in linear forms, flowing into the crossing highways of Los Angeles, thus demonstrating the grisly and unglamorous side to L.A. that the film centres around.
Driver and Irene meet because they are neighbours, she lives at apartment 408 and he at 405. The illustration symbolises how Driver’s life is turned upside down to keep Irene’s life afloat because of his quiet love for her.
An abstract illustration of the quilted scorpion jacket that Driver wears throughout the film. The strong contrast and heavy black makes the image more sinister, highlighting the dark themes within the film.
Throughout the film ‘Black Swan’, Nina’s innocence gradually disappears and is replaced by the black swan. The illustration depicts the fragile white swan peeling off like a mask, revealing a stern black swan with a pungent red glare.
In the film Nina scratches due to anxiety and stress. The illustration shows how the pressure to be perfect takes over and ultimately kills her.
The illustration depicts Nina’s hands as she imagines the black swan leaking up her body, capturing her completely.
The cover is based on a film still that shows a pivotal point in the film when Mr. O'Brien finds out that his son is dead via telephone. Photographs of ink in water sit underneath the figure to reflect certain imagery seen throughout the film that depicts the creation of life.
The illustration shows a young Jack hiding behind twisted tree branches. His face is more in focus than the tree as he is the prominent figure.
An illustration based on imagery from the film, where Mrs. O'Brien is seen lying in a glass coffin in the woods, strongly portraying her as a Snow White type figure, who is innocent and gentle. The geometric shape of the coffin contrasts the organic shapes of the figure and the trees.