The reason I'm posting here [and in several other places] is to get feedback on some of the ideas I've had for series. Please let me know if any of these appeal, or if you have any suggestions for others!
- The Four Seasons:
This, I sort of plan on doing in a style reflective of Alphonse Mucha's four seasons, with a heavy emphasis on linework and inspiration drawn from art nouveau lithographs. It's been done many times before, but I'd like to give it a crack, with a subdued pastel classic lolita for spring [with floral wreaths for her hair and a basket for a picnic], a sweet-sailor lolita for summer [perhaps playing with toy boats in a pond, regardless of the way it soaks her clothes], an ero-gothic lolita for fall [with lots of earthy, rich colors], and a gothic aristocrat/gothic classic blend for winter [with burgundy or hunter green to contrast the white snow].
Each would have a "frame" behind them depicting the season in traditional, western manners. An alternate on this theme would be to produce "elementals" for each season. Earth, water, fire, air, etc.
A Tarot Deck:
Again, this has probably been done a million times, but I want to give it my own twist. I'd like to give the impression of paper cut-outs, or perhaps even create the cards as paper cut-outs using scrap booking papers on top of drawn figures/paper dolls, to depict the major arcana. I would also like to make one card to represent each of the suits of the minor arcana to go along with the series. This project, however, may be a bit too ambitious for the time being.
Woodland Creatures:
I'm not very big on "furry" art, but have always been a fan of anthropomorphism and fantasy creatures. I think it might be fun to depict a humanized wolf in lolita, or a humanized stag in kodona. That sort of thing.
To have some of their features present, but not the whole "furry" aspect with animalized faces and figures. Ideas I have bouncing about my head: a rabbit-girl in classic lolita [with her ears tangled up in her headdress], a mouse-girl in sweet lolita [covered in crumbs at a tea party], a reindeer-girl-or-boy in kodona [with a little tophat hanging from her antlers], a swan-girl in ero lolita [such that she's surrounded by feathers and has on a neck corset] or a magpie-, mockingbird-, or raven-girl in gothic lolita [surrounded by black feathers, and covered in silver shiny-bits].
Another idea in the same category would be the depiction of mythical creatures in some manner, such as unicorns, dragons, etc.
Occupational Lolitas:
People always talk about "ideal lolita jobs", so I thought it might be interesting to show off the hazards of such positions, as they relate to the clothing. As a few examples: a lolita baking, covered in flower and eggs, with a huge frilly apron, an artist in lolita, splattered with paint and looking very unkempt, a florist in a puddle, arranging a giant vase on tip-toes, or a lolita seamstress, draping clothing on a dress form while her own petticoats get in the way.
Characters as Lolitas:
Normally, I'm not real big on fanart, or having characters depicted as lolitas who ordinarily aren't, but it occurs to me that depicting how certain characters might respond to being "transformed" would be entertaining. Usagi/Sailor Moon complaining that her skirt's too long compared to her usual sailor fuku, as on example, or Revy from Black Lagoon losing a bet to Eda that ends in being dressed up. That sort of thing. In-character reactions to an out-of-character situation.
Reflections of Different Eras:
Most lolita clothing is inspired by the Victorian, Edwardian or Rococo periods. Some styles have influences from other periods, such as the 1950s, but most rely on the first three for their inspiration. I thought it might be interesting to pull elements from other eras instead. For example, Elizabethan collars, flapper-styled fringes and caps, or off-the-shoulder gowns a la the antebellum south.
I think that this one would probably be one of the most difficult to accomplish, however, since so much of lolita fashion is rooted in the previously and primarily mentioned periods above.
Does anyone have any thoughts? Suggestions?
