Theme: Puffin and Penguin publishing - look into fairy tales/classic stories from Britain

Red Riding Hood

Alice in Wonderland 

Horror influences:

​- Alice in wonderland (illustrated by John Tenniel)  includes a lot of body horror and uncanny valley effects.

​​-Fear and Hunger Termina character art (just nice and creepy, somewhat painterly)

Porcelain/doll-like skin 

Through the looking glass (reflections?)

Playing card symbols

Alice in the land of hearts

Inspiration from stain glass windows

Alice in the land of clubs

Alice in the land of diamonds

first version

second version (more complicated, less effective)

Alice in the land of spades

Initial versions shape was too warped/unrecognizable

Overlay to make colours more harmonious + made shape sharper

Stamp sheet design/layout (A4 sheet - A6 stamps)

(A9 stamps)

Experimenting with composition

A4 Stamp sheet - Added King's silhouette

A6 Stamp sheet - includes perforated edges

Hand stamp 1 - Hearts

Hand stamp 2 - Spades

Hand stamp- 3 - Clubs

Mockups