Showing posts with label drawing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drawing. Show all posts
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
On Making Comics
What from the assignment were you surprised by when doing it? For example, did the difficulty/ ease or results surprise you? What about your creative process did you find interesting, why?
In making the 24 hour comic assignment, I had a great deal of difficultly representing my world with the absence of self. I found it interesting because really what I was doing was drawing the world either as I saw it or as the world saw me. I saw someones leg at the beach- I felt the wave- but saw the seagulls. My boyfriend's face was mushed into my hair. At first it felt debilitating . I thought - how ridiculous this is- creating a self portrait/ comic with the intentional editing of the protagonist. However, as I did the exercise, I really had the opportunity to see my world and the way that I choose to spend my time and who I choose as my company. I ended yp wanting to not depict a specific moment or event but a general feeling or emotion. I felt compelled to create textures. It took me a very long time to actually go out and do it. I sat for a while fixated on the five choices that we discussed in class. How was I going to integrate these structured choices into my assignment? Eventually I just let go of the idea of following the rules. I thought that this first go at a 24 hour comic was about experiencing my world and to make it flow better or make more sense to an outside viewer, I would have other opportunitites to integrate needed elements that I had neglected.
In making the 24 hour comic assignment, I had a great deal of difficultly representing my world with the absence of self. I found it interesting because really what I was doing was drawing the world either as I saw it or as the world saw me. I saw someones leg at the beach- I felt the wave- but saw the seagulls. My boyfriend's face was mushed into my hair. At first it felt debilitating . I thought - how ridiculous this is- creating a self portrait/ comic with the intentional editing of the protagonist. However, as I did the exercise, I really had the opportunity to see my world and the way that I choose to spend my time and who I choose as my company. I ended yp wanting to not depict a specific moment or event but a general feeling or emotion. I felt compelled to create textures. It took me a very long time to actually go out and do it. I sat for a while fixated on the five choices that we discussed in class. How was I going to integrate these structured choices into my assignment? Eventually I just let go of the idea of following the rules. I thought that this first go at a 24 hour comic was about experiencing my world and to make it flow better or make more sense to an outside viewer, I would have other opportunitites to integrate needed elements that I had neglected.
Some notes from my reading:
3 ways to bring drawings to life:
1. character design: style and preference, however all characters need-
-an inner life
- visual distinction
- expressive traits
2. facial expressions
6 basic emotions :
-anger
-disgust
-fear
-joy
-sadness
-surprise
3. body language
Thoughts: After doing my homework for today (comic of 24 hours and 16 moments from a movie) I realize that I have not drawn with just a pencil in a while. What a weird thing considering that I sketched every single day. This is a result of drawing so much on the computer. How ridiculous. I need to get back into the sketching habit. When I started working digitally it was so weird for me to use my mouse and to create images in my style. Now, I find when I am drawing with a pencil and make a mistake I think to myself how much I would like to hit Cntrl Z.
3 ways to bring drawings to life:
1. character design: style and preference, however all characters need-
-an inner life
- visual distinction
- expressive traits
2. facial expressions
6 basic emotions :
-anger
-disgust
-fear
-joy
-sadness
-surprise
3. body language
Thoughts: After doing my homework for today (comic of 24 hours and 16 moments from a movie) I realize that I have not drawn with just a pencil in a while. What a weird thing considering that I sketched every single day. This is a result of drawing so much on the computer. How ridiculous. I need to get back into the sketching habit. When I started working digitally it was so weird for me to use my mouse and to create images in my style. Now, I find when I am drawing with a pencil and make a mistake I think to myself how much I would like to hit Cntrl Z.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
