Zeus/Farmer

I thought about depicting the parent/farmer in the narrative as Zeus to link back to the original story of Hercules. the idea was to have the adult setting the tasks dressing in a dressing gown with a big beard to resemble the Greek god. I tested the idea of having two different narrative being played out on either side of each double page spread. Half the image would be an fantastical epic adventure and the other would be a more mundane realistic version. The idea is that I could show the differences between the heroic characters and narrative of the original text and the nuanced, realistic characters and situations of my version. I could use the juxtaposition to explore complexity in narratives, ambiguous, thought provoking situations and the use of relatable scenarios.