Monday 20 October 2014
Cut and Paste
Put the line in the coconut
My theme for my Terry Pratchett research is fantasy, my three motifs are castles, dragons and wizards.
Here I used lines from my catalogue of line I made. It was really weird to work with some of the lines because I'm used to using fine liners a lot so I get used to a nice smooth line. But this was good fun and while making it, the weird lines were making me think where I could use them; although the main use I thought of was that these lines would be great in a psychedelic/trippy kind of image.
I really liked the lines I used for the wizard. They're really loose and kind of just bounce around where a smooth line would go. My favourite part is the eyes though, its not a shape I would usually think of but I enjoy it even if its only for the fact that it's unusual.
For this task we were told to use three different lines for three motifs and to create a background, mid-ground and foreground by using the light/medium/bold versions of line.
In the bottom right corner I tried to make it from an angle so that one motif would span fore, mid and background. I used my bold version on the closest bit and then tried to smooth it back to the light version for the top. I really liked how it worked because this is a technique I had forgotten about, something we covered last year. I think I may begin doing the whole thicker line=closer because it gives depth to the piece without the need for shading/colour.
The line on the castle here was my favourite line though. It makes it look like every inch of it is turreted, which is apt for the motif.
I made a mind map of the information I already know about Pratchett. This is so that it was all in front of me to look at and think about. I then took some ink (the challenge of the task was to use a media we don't usually) with a brush which is the tool I am most unskilled with; it just flops back and forth without my say so, I need to work on brush control.
This was about the crazy rate at which he produces books
This is more about his alzheimers
I like this idea of unravelling brain matter, although very roughly drawn. I was originally trying to drawn the brain as a ball of wool but I was battling the brush for creative control and settled for just a block colour fill.
To end the day I did a bit of collage. I tried to make the sandcastle with similar wiggly lines as from my catalogue of line. The one that went best though I think is the wizards hat. It just went really well; the lines are smooth, its simple and recognisable and the colours go well with each other.
Something I learned from this is that when you're cutting out a complicated shape (the dragon head) use a less patterned paper. Theres too much happening on the paper I chose for the dragons and it makes it harder to see the subtleties/indents of the shape.
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