Angels
have always been a large part of my creative process. My brief foray into
character development was focused on how I saw myself, if I was an angel from
the world created by Nalini Singh in her Guild hunter book series. Her main character
is a badass vampire hunter that becomes an angel yet retains her battle skills.
She lives in a world ruled by 10 archangels where gender has no say on
positions of power, only strength and intelligence. There are many female
characters in this book series, yet every one of them has a trait to ensure
they are equals to the males. It is this feminist thread woven through Nalini’s
writing that helped inspire me for this research. A major trend that I noticed
during my research, is that female fantasy characters have always been
portrayed in a very sexual, unrealistic manner compared to their male
counterparts. This poster is a visual rebuttal to that research, to show that the
strength and resilience of Aeliwina(my character) can be achieved without the
sacrifice/sexualisation of her femininity. I picked a battle arena
location as a nod to Aeliwinas current goal of becoming the best warrior she
can be.
APA
References
Bajac-Carter, M., Jones, N., & Batchelor, B. (2014).
Heroines of comic books and literature: Portrayals in popular culture.
Retrieved from https://ezproxy.sit.ac.nz:2082/legacydocview/EBC/1655587?accountid=46872.com
Singh, N. (2019). Guild Hunter Series. Retrieved from https://nalinisingh.com/books/guild-hunter-series/
Voytilla, S. (1999) Myth and the Movies. Retrieved
from www.tlu.ee/~rajaleid/montaazh/Hero%27s%20Journey%20Arch.pdf
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