Book of Esther Illustration requirement .pdf - Windows User

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No. of Illustrations 17 Color : Black & White The size of the illustrations: ( height ) 22 cm x (width) 7 cm Note the illustrations are narrow, and illustrations portray multiple events. STYLE: The narrative graphic style in general is what I am looking for. In Addition: multi theme in an illustration, here its in the vine, on the lions Here the themes are in the sky, the throne, the carriage the wheels , the characters Page | 1 Another example of the graphic character throne style Frame of illustration: 1) Each illustration should have a frame all around, maximum 1 cm. 2) Frame style and theme to match events of particular illustration. Illustration guidelines (depicting Persia 450 BC) 3) All figures male and female to be fully clothed top to bottom. 4) Persian dress of the time. 5) Themes and symbols: No angels, No depictions of God. No names of characters, No religious symbols THE THEME IS: THE BOOK OF ESTHER (can be googled and read if want to) The main characters to feature in illustrations (1) King – character Bad and Good – easily influenced by advisers (2) queen 1 , character Bad –subsequently disposed of by hanging (3) 7 advisors to the King (4) First Chief Advisor to the King, Bad character, Is also practices witchcraft, ultimately will be hung. (5) Wife of the First Chief Advisor to the King (6) Senior Advisor to the King, Character Good. Hero of the story. (7) Queen 2 character Good, strong professional bond with Senior advisor. Hero and Heroine of the story. (8) Two Bodyguards of the King. Bad characters Page | 2 (9) Queen’s personal messenger – communicates between 2nd Queen and Senior Advisor (10) Ten sons of 1st chief advisor . Bad Characters. (11) Junior advisor to the king . Good character 17 ILLUSTRATIONS REQUIRED IN BLACK AND WHITE Time in History Biblical ILLUSTRATION 1:  Destruction of 1st Jewish Temple Time in History 450 BC ILLUSTRATION 2:  King rules empire of 127 countries  King makes lavish banquet in palace for all men only, from the entire empire,  Banquet laid with Goblets, pots, and utensils, plundered by the King from the Jewish first temple. Palace Banquet is splendid.  Persians when eating recline on fancy cushions and reclining beds.  Huge amount of Food and wine flowing.  King showing off as dressed in magnificent clothing of The high priest of the Jewish temple. These clothes like the utensils at the banquet were plundered from the 1st temple by the King  1st Queen makes lavish banquet in palace for women only, from the entire empire  girls are the maid servants of at this banquet.  King gets high and party gets wild , ILLUSTRATION 3:  King gets drunk sends two messengers to call for 1st Queen to come and appear to show off beauty at men’s banquet.  1st Queen breaks out in a rash of pimples, grows a tail, as such refuses to go with messengers.  King drunk, orders 1st Queen to be hung  1st Queen is hung. Page | 3 ILLUSTRATION 4:  King sends Messengers on horses, all over his empire to decree that the men are masters in their house  Decree is also sent out messengers on horses for all beautiful women to assemble and participate at palace for selection for a new queen.  At selection King falls in love with 2nd queen on first sight. ILLUSTRATION 5:  2nd Queen is chosen and marries king,  Two of the Kings Body Guards plot to poison King.  Senior advisor , overhears them plotting while sitting at the Palace gate.  Senior Advisor Informs 2nd Queen, who informs The king and the two body guards are executed.  This heroic deed by the senior advisor is inscribed in the Kings Scroll by Royal scribes ILLUSTRATION 6:  King selects 1st chief advisor to be chief advisor .  1st chief advisor ( actually has aspirations of his own to acquire the crown for himself)  1st chief advisor decrees, that all bow to him.  Everybody bows and prostrates excepting senior advisor  1st chief advisor gets really angry , finds out the nationality of the senior advisor and plans to annihilate his entire nation spread out in 127 countries.  1st chief advisor being a master of witchcraft , together with his cronies “casts the die” and decides date ( Addar II ) to kill all this nation  1st chief advisor contributes 1000 blocks of silver to Kings Treasury as a bribe to the King.  King agrees to 1 st chief advisor to decree the killing of this nation on the selected date , not allowing the nation to defend themselves.  King authorizes with the Royal signet (ring).  Messengers on horseback sent to inform the entire kingdom. Page | 4 ILLUSTRATION 7:  Senior advisor in sack cloth and mourning , away from the palace gate (not allowed to mourn by the palace gate) as a result of the decree,  2nd queen ( she is from the same nation as the senior consultant but nobody knows) sends clothing to senior advisor , thinking he has no clothes. ( she has no idea of the decree)  2nd queen and senior advisor communicate situation via 2nd queens’ messenger sent with the clothes. .  Senior advisor communicates to the 2nd queen to beseech King to cancel the decree of the 1st Chief advisor permitting the annihilation of their nation.. ILLUSTRATION 8:  2nd queen instructs to tell senior advisor that he and all his people should fast three days and nights, and she also will, and then she will approach the king. ( decree had been passed that no one not even the queen can approach the king without being called by the king- decree put in place by 1st chief advisor) ILLUSTRATION 9:  After fast, 2nd queen in magnificent royal clothing approaches King in the throne room, luckily King sees (in love with 2nd queen ) 2nd queen and quickly holds out his scepter saving the 2nd queen .  2nd queen touches the head of the scepter and requests King and 1st chief advisor to attend a private banquet with her at the 2nd queen ‘s palace.  1st chief advisor pleased, but on the way home senior advisor doesn’t bow down to him. 1st chief advisor is freaking out now.  At home 1st chief advisor ‘s wife and advisors advise him to setup a wooden beam 50 ‘amot’ (measurement) high to hang senior advisor Page | 5 ILLUSTRATION 10:  The king can’t fall asleep,  at midnight the royal scribes read to him from the kings book of accounts that took place over the past.  The Account of the senior advisor saving the King by informing on the Kings bodyguards, is recounted and its noted that the senior advisor did not receive any attribution.  1st chief advisor called in, and thinking that the King wants to reward him, suggests with glee , attribution accordingly. To dress person up in Kings clothes and parade him through the streets on the Kings Horse.  This is done, except 1st chief advisor is to dress senior advisor accordingly and parade him through the streets on the king’s horse. Senior advisor steps on 1st chief advisor’s back to mount the kings horse.  1st chief advisor’s daughter watching the process through the window erroneously thinks it’s her father is on the horse senior advisor is leading the horse, pours a pail of water onto the 1st chief advisor ( her father)! , on realization of her mistake jumps from window and dies ILLUSTRATION 11  King and 1st chief advisor at wine banquet with 2nd queen at 2nd queens request,  2nd queen informs King of 1st chief advisor’s intent to kill all of her Nation- that includes herself)  King in anger leaves banquet to Kings garden, to ponder.  In the meantime 1st chief advisor falls on 2nd queens bed (in those days people ate at banquets and meals reclining on beds) to beg forgiveness.  King returns to banquet misreads the situation and thinks 1st chief advisor is seducing 2nd queen. One of six advisors to the king informs the king of the wooden beam 1st  chief advisor set up to hang senior advisor .  King really livid decrees 1st chief advisor to be hung on the tree. 1st Chief advisor is hung. Page | 6 ILLUSTRATION 12:  King assigns senior advisor as the new chief advisor .  King decrees nationals of queen 2’s nation, are allowed to save themselves and kill those trying to kill them.  New Decree signed with ring signet of King,  Messengers on horses sent out in big rush over entire kingdom to inform of new decree. ILLUSTRATION 13:  New chief advisor is robed in exquisite royal clothing and revered by all (no bowing required) ,  The nationals of queen 2’s nation rejoice ILLUSTRATION 14:  The ten sons of the ex-1st chief advisor are all hung on one beam one above the other . (mean looking fellows ) ILLUSTRATION 15:  The nationals of queen 2’s nation rejoice with banquets. In health, grace, and honorably, men and woman separately ILLUSTRATION 16:  nationals of queen 2’s nation send each other gifts of food, give out charity , and celebrate the entire episode as a Festivity,  The men dancing in groups to music, harps and violins . Women looking on from balconys Time in History biblical ILLUSTRATION 17:  The People Standing at the Mountain of Sinai.  The mountain arises above them and forms into an upside down POT, hovering over them from above. Page | 7