The Emperor’s New Clothes

The Emperor’s New Clothes

A story about courtly pride and intellectual vanity. Pursuing of worldly standards to be validated by his own people, and while the kingdom is also pretentious in nature.

It also speaks about the conformity in the general public and the fear of speaking out in defiance to be different from the rest.

“Magnificent. Just look your Majesty, what colors! What a design!”


Concepts:

  1. Colorful, psychedallic, holographic, foiling
  2. Watercolor, marbling
  3. Punch hole, white

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Concept 1: 

The idea of randomness and chaos, not knowing what there is to focus on. The bombardment of colors as to convey the pretentious and vain nature of man. But it also expresses the mess of defiance in being different from a flat color.

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Concept 2:

The endless flow of water and complete randomness of a paint blib or wavy pattern

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Concept 3:

Punch hole technique seems like a reverse braille process and with braille being for the blind. It focuses on the idea of the unseen from afar but can be seen when look upon up close. To express that some might too short sighted to judge based on appearances. The feeling of emptiness and nakedness

Reference: https://www.pinterest.com/klinzrap/pattern/