After reading through the various short stories, I decided to illustrate the story of Tattercoats. I began by brainstorming different imagery while filling out the reflection and research worksheet. One thing that caught my attention was the consideration of how you could interpret or reinvent a story. In the short story, Tattercoats is entirely reliant on men. She seeks the love of her grandfather and is only given scraps by an old nurse that works for him. It is the gooseherd who raises her spirit and makes her go into the city, where he later transforms her for the ball. In the end she relies on the prince and king to give her wealth and status. I want my depiction to focus on Tattercoats and represent her emotion and strength that I wish she had. The other characters in the story will still be represented but using symbols rather than literal depiction. My illustration will focus on the independence of Tattercoats and show the whole story with visual metaphor. While doing research I found myself interested in two different concepts: fashion illustration and mythology. I want to reference the style of fashion illustration and bring an avant garde element to the clothing of the story. Additionally, I found a few fantasy references that tie into the original story. The concept of rebirth that is represented by a phoenix relates to Tattercoats. Additionally, I looked at the legend of Nike the goddess of victory (another link to the visual of birds).