MWORE Lanterns!

A few more experiments... They're horribly made and rushed, but i was experimenting with black and white card and a bit more with the silhouettes. 

Hansel and Gretel Lantern
This is a lantern based upon the popular Hansel and Gretel fairytale, which is one of the darkest one. Involving a child eating witch and said witch being pushed into an oven.
I chose a less macabre part of the tale, showing the children approaching the gingerbread house, and a crow eating the trail of crumbs behind them, cutting off their exit. 

I like the way it turned out, layering the cut out elements over a bold illustration of trees etc, helps to set the scene well and gives a really interesting look and feel. Giving the design a border and flourishes around the curved sides gives it a more gothicy feel, mimicking gothic architecture and the art nouveau movement.

Detail of Red Riding Hood Lantern

Upclose photo of the Red Riding Lantern showing the bold background of trees, and how it highlights the characters and frames them. 

Arabian Nights lantern

Here was a quick experiment with black card and painting white clouds behind the arabian style buildings. The black lanterns has a much darker feel and highlights the red light up bit very well. In the darkness you only really see the buildings and the clouds, so the design seems to be floating in the gloom, which looks very cool.