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Silver Rabbit

silver rabbit slides down the icy hill at top speed chasing the snowball of hope.

Solution

I wanted to create a poster around the idea of hope. I love Japanese poems so I searched around for one I really liked.

I chose soft pastel colors because I think they complement the light, dreamy poem. I thought that since I want people to hang the poster in their rooms, I'd create something that transport hope rather than something too grim and gloomy.

Hope Y'all like it - and I made it because I promised teigan I'd submit something to the next Open Zone contest ;-)

PS: can you see the rabbit?

Comments

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texasteeowner

over 9 years ago

oops the colors are a little off after upload. I'll do a RGB version

banieramartina

over 9 years ago

nice! :) im not really sure about the strokes on the rainbow tho ..

texasteeowner

banieramartina

over 9 years ago

Ah - I kind of liked that about the rainbow.. but I see... thanks for the hint. I'll try a version with a different rainbow - tomorrow.. sleep now :)

teigan

over 9 years ago

i like the translated poem, but could you please do it in haiku form? i was going to submit a haiku myself, but you are nearly there so go for it.

texasteeowner

teigan

over 9 years ago

it's a Gogy?ka - a five line poem. but you are free to use poems of any sort, of course, in your ideas!

teigan

over 9 years ago

if it is a gog poem, then you need to format the typography as 5 lines. it looks like 8 lines at present and your intention isn't communicated.

teigan

over 9 years ago

HOPE

a silver rabbit slid down the icy hill fast chasing the snowball

texasteeowner

nice! :)

How cool to see you submitting an idea as well, Nadine!

I really like your poetical approach and that you think much less like us in red and black i feel more free looking at it.

teigan

over 9 years ago

i especially like the rough overlapping transparent edges. any chance you could construct the artwork from thin tissue paper torn and glued down in stips with thin paste brushed on from the top? you could build layer upon layer for plenty of depth and texture. some tissue papers i've worked with bleed colour when they get wet, which could be an interesting effect.

banieramartina

teigan

over 9 years ago

thats a great idea

texasteeowner

teigan

over 9 years ago

yes, that's the effect I was going for! And I agree it will look much nicer to do it with real paper.. I'll thhink about it.. I may not recreate this image (that would be boring) but I'll go a try to use the technique on another idea!

Janne

over 9 years ago

Oh, nice to see something from you, Nadine. ;o) Really like your typography - not so sure about the snowball being a symbol for hope though. Every snowball melts... :o(

madhatter

over 9 years ago

this is a nice change from all the red dots ;)

i like the positive concept. i don't really understand how Japanese poems work though but it was a while before i figured i had to read it from the right lol maybe you could work on the type of font and text and it's placement. it's very pretty.

mariagroenlund

over 9 years ago

Love your soft and gentle style, texastee :) The Japanese love pastels, so I think it fits the theme very well!

Dimitris Sgouros

over 9 years ago

I like the idea of the poem and the way you used your typography (clearly Japanese) the use of the mountain (they are sacred for the Japanese people) and the rainbow is very optimistic! The only thing I recommend is to try to give a touch of old traditional Japanese silk-screen print to your visual.

planetboom

over 9 years ago

it´s so different from the others... i like it nadine but i would work on the font now it looks like a code from the matrix movies ;)

sofi

planetboom

over 9 years ago

I agree with what he says planetboon

texasteeowner

over 9 years ago

wow - thanks guys for all the positive feedback! Gosh I hope to get to work more on this thing... yes, I would love to incorporate your suggestions, let's see!