BFA+MFA 2022

Ghada Salah M H Ali, Time Is Ticking, digital illustration, 2022 One of the illustrations that were created to introduce Lucine’s concept as a character. The association with the clock represents the unknown fleeting hours that go by in this dream-like world.

Ghada Salah M H Ali, Lucine, digital media, 2022 A primary character sheet, meant to give the viewer more information about the protagonist of the story and a close-up to some of her details.

Ghada Salah M H Ali, The Deep Blue, comic panel, 2022 Taken from a short narrative comic, in which Lucine reflects on her current situation with being lost in a realm between dreams and reality. She looks out to a light beyond the sea, a distant beacon of unknown origin.

Ghada Salah M H Ali, Evenfall, paper & mixed media, 2022 A shadowbox frame, depicting a scene where fantasy starts to seep into real life, a window to another world. Consists of multiple layers of paper cut-outs and printed images.

Ghada Ali

Lucine

Graphic Design

The premise of this thesis is an exploration of the mind and self, through the methods of character development and story-telling. The narrative considers visuals and symbolic signs, as a means to unfold the world of complicated emotions and internal struggles. It explores the details of illustration and typography while working alongside a fictitious environment, in a story told through the eyes of a fantastical escapist. She wishes to exist beyond the dread of routine life, and her wish was granted but at the cost of losing herself within a realm that only pulls her further in.

Lucine serves as a deconstruction of a personal experience with being an imaginative individual who thrives inside her own mind. These thoughts exist in an inner world that becomes a whimsical reflection of reality. In this idealized world, a particular shade of blue is prevalent. The semantics within the colour explore its significance with the blue hour; a tranquil time that is neither night nor day. Still, quiet and liminal- it is a space filled with grief and emptiness. Yet, strangely it is also peace and comfort.

It is in that stillness that Lucine was born. She tells the story of a girl who wanders through the vast expanses of her inner mind; navigating her darkest points and facing her emotional hurdles… In hopes of finding the light and the strength to return home.