Research Summary

• Ancient Aegean art - distinctive hair, poses similar to Egyptian.
• Meso-American art - geometric, limited colours.
• Mexico, Day of the Dead - bright colours, skulls, flowers.
• Inuit - sculpture more than 2D art, strange faces, lots of animals, lino cuts would work well for 2D.
• Norse / Celtic art - knotwork.
• Norman art - simple figures, simple colours, think Bayeux Tapestry.
• China - predominantly paintings.
• Asia, general - papercuts, shadow puppets, simple plush toys with painted details.
• African art - bright colours, limited palette, shells, masks, geometric patterns.
• Aboriginal art - dots, earthy colours and white, always show both eyes and ears and all limbs.
• Roman - mosaics, statues, colourful murals.
• Egyptian art - famous stance, head and feet facing sideways, torso facing forwards. Interesting way of showing multiple items. Gold, red, blue, black. Different skin colours mean different things.
• Greek art - red figure and black figure pottery, statues very accurate.
• Indian art - highly detailed, metallics, complex poses.
• Japanese art - distinctive facial shape.
• Native American art - geometric, limited colours, bright.
• Navajo - sand paintings.
• Persian art - bright colours.
• Russian art - gold.
• American - think Norman Rockwell.
• Noh theatre masks - great for expressions.

•  Think about trying humour, comics.
• Can make 3D models...
• ...Like art dolls...
• ...Or plush toys.
• Can add distinctive cultural detailing with felt.
• Try using Super Sculpey for adding details too.
• Can print onto fabric too.
• Needlefelting can create awesome 3D figures.
• Look at colour theory for colour schemes.
• Experiment with not using outlines.
• Try to achieve a 'folklore-ish' style.
• 'Build' characters using distinctive elements from each culture, but make them consistent enough to belong in the same world.
• I'm drawn to high levels of detail in art - good for cultures with a lot of patterns, shows my interests.
• A limited colour palette can work really well.
• Try combining elements of traditional fairy tale illustrations.
• Extra 'structure' lines on the face can help blend in unusual facial shapes.
• Think about using metallic paints and inks.
• Gold accents can be added digitally with the clone brush and a picture of gold leaf.