I spent some time looking more carefully at some of Safaya's illustrations in my copy of Aesop's Fables. I also researched Paula Rego's Nursery Rhymes series of prints. Finally, I settled on The Cat's True Nature as the narrative for my animation.
Thoughts
Safaya Salter's illustrations are influenced by some Persian miniatures from her childhood. This shows in the beautiful detail of her work and the wonderful borders and patterns she uses within the images. The animals themselves are quite simple in shape but the variety of colours used and patterns created make a far more detailed final image. I find the line art very interesting as I feel it is a simple style that would look good in 2D animation.
Paula Rego's Nursery Rhymes are a very different illustration of children's narratives and as such are a very interesting counterpoint to the other work I have been looking at recently. The images are much darker and slightly creepy. The style is also very different due to the etching method with which she created the prints.
I feel that the Cat's True Nature is the most appropriate fable for this animation as it is an ideal length, contains only three characters (all of which are very different) and has a moral that is very easy to understand, especially when provided with the narrative.
Future Plans
Now that I have chosen a narrative, I need to start creating a storyboard. Alongside this I also need to begin designing the characters and finally, choose what type of animation I actually want to use.
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