Illustrations

For my designs in this project i was influenced by Aubrey Beardsley with the choice of medium he uses. I did my illustrations a short time so they would have a rough look to them, because i didn't want them to be perfect, that's not what Goth is all about.

My first design was based around Gothic Lolita and how Amy Lee once had a dress made by H.Noato, a leading designer in this area. The colours of this garment would be an Onyx black with ice white trimmings. The layers add femininity and show some movement.

A big issue with this project was the idea of creating a sense of flow and movement into the garment. The movement would help create a mysterious feel to the photograph. This dress would be an eggplant purple with the waist band embedded with stones and jewels, also the skirt part of the dress would be layered with a transparent white/pink layer. The open back on the dress gives a signal of being delicate and fragile.

 In this design i have included a corset for the top half of the dress, this derives from my research on the Gothic Revival. The front of the dress would be embellished with diamantes. The corset would be fastened in the front of the dress. The colours would be a light candy pink and ivory sheer material layered over the top. I'm not keen on this design as in my opinion it looks more like a 'prom' dress.

This illustration is more alike to the original dress Amy Lee wears in the album cover image. The dress is made up of a corset and then a draping layered skirt. The colours would be the same as Amy Lees dress but with the trimmings and frills being a husky pink colour.