Hans Holbein

1497-1543, A german portrait painter who's religious works I will be looking at for imagery and symbols. He focussed quite heavily on religious portraits in his early career before moving to London, and earning his money painting portraits of people at the royal court. 

For the Illustrations I will create for the comedy groups, something like the two images below may work really well, taking this classical framing and composition and giving it a modern twist is a really cool idea. 

Darmstadt Madonna, 1526

The Last Supper, 1524

Head of a Female Saint, 1515

Head of a Male Saint, 1515

Especially in terms of the the above two portraits I feel as though the simple framing and composition is the kind of illustration I want printed on the tote bags, But with a banner below it. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paintings_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger