Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Pilons
Responding to the critique feedback, I have began putting watercolor into the drawings - playing with mix mediums - seeing If i can get the same effects in different ways
Monday, 24 February 2014
Critique feedback - 24th
Feedback based around images from previous post (didn't touch on Narrative of Old Lady)
Marcus suggested leaving more mystery to the man and his child, asking why we needed to see their faces at all. Earlier in the blog I posted drawings of the pair walking a field - these were noted as carrying that mysteriousness that some of the other panels lacked.
Joel noted that the textures in the fathers beard and hat/hair are beginning to resemble that of the landscapes. This could be something to peruse further; the father has been on the road so long he resembles the baron, dry landscape he wonders... the child could show more signs of this as the narrative progresses ?
The gestural marks and overall aesthetic were agreed upon as more effective than the previous, more polished, drawings that don't carry the atmosphere of the narrative as effectively. It was also noted, as is my intention for the next step in image experimentation, that mixing medium could benefit the images- - or trying to create the same aesthetic with different media.
Through this unit I have been working in ways that are not my usual means of image production (having worked extensively in print in the last year) Working in pencil colour has allowed this looser influence in my work - I have done some experimentation in watercolour which I feel now needs to be combined with some of the pencil colour. Aiming to maintain the textural marks of the waxy colour pencils with the softer watercolour.
Marcus suggested leaving more mystery to the man and his child, asking why we needed to see their faces at all. Earlier in the blog I posted drawings of the pair walking a field - these were noted as carrying that mysteriousness that some of the other panels lacked.
Joel noted that the textures in the fathers beard and hat/hair are beginning to resemble that of the landscapes. This could be something to peruse further; the father has been on the road so long he resembles the baron, dry landscape he wonders... the child could show more signs of this as the narrative progresses ?
The gestural marks and overall aesthetic were agreed upon as more effective than the previous, more polished, drawings that don't carry the atmosphere of the narrative as effectively. It was also noted, as is my intention for the next step in image experimentation, that mixing medium could benefit the images- - or trying to create the same aesthetic with different media.
Through this unit I have been working in ways that are not my usual means of image production (having worked extensively in print in the last year) Working in pencil colour has allowed this looser influence in my work - I have done some experimentation in watercolour which I feel now needs to be combined with some of the pencil colour. Aiming to maintain the textural marks of the waxy colour pencils with the softer watercolour.
Sunday, 23 February 2014
Wordless NArrative Research - Shaun Tan
Website:
http://www.shauntan.net/books.html
"In ‘The Arrival’, the absence of any written description also plants the reader more firmly in the shoes of an immigrant character. There is no guidance as to how the images might be interpreted, and we must ourselves search for meaning and seek familiarity in a world where such things are either scarce or concealed"
Friday, 21 February 2014
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Working from earlier drawings/storyboards
Brian Selznick - Illustrator Author - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Incredible pencil Illustration and storytelling.
VAROOM! Jane Stanton on Charles Shearer's "Haunting" Landscapes - RESEARCH
On P.58 of Varoom! (Issue 24 Winter 2014) Jane Stanton
"magicall, haunting landscape prints, disturbed by the wind, around the rocks of red sandstone."
http://www.varoom-mag.com/?p=6553
Aesthetically these drawings fit thematically with my post apocalyptic narrative - the limited colour pallet is effective for conveying a dramatic, bleak scene.
"magicall, haunting landscape prints, disturbed by the wind, around the rocks of red sandstone."
http://www.varoom-mag.com/?p=6553
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Old lady (yet to be named) narrative
Over the past couple of weeks I have been trying to keep drawing as much as I can. As I have been encountering lulls in productivity toward the Mccarthy narrative, I have been working on this, self narrated wordless novel.
It is yet again a rather bleak narrative, this time revolving around the daily life of an old lady and her dog...
Monday, 17 February 2014
CM narrative development
Further drawing, experimenting with marks and colour pallet. Inspired by visits to Sand Dunes and Grasslands.
Saturday, 15 February 2014
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