Some fun creature design. The idea is that the small creature eventually "sprouts", similarly to a plant into the larger creature.
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For these sketchbook entries I did some people watching, an image study of a building in the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco and some conceptual pieces; a space explorer/pirate and a small village in the mountains, maybe some kind of flight training location??
These three rough panels are supposed to tell a story about a child's relationship with her imaginary friend. The left panel shows her relationship with the friend blossoming as they go on adventures and play make-believe. The center image shows their friendship coming to a halt as they encounter a life problem and finally, she outgrows her imaginary friend and you can see her packing him away in her toy box.
The story: The girl is heavily reliant on her imaginary friend to be happy. Over time he realizes this and begins to worry about her. He convinces her that maybe she should see someone to help her with this problem. Eventually she agrees and she goes to see a psychiatrist. Her psychiatrist determines her problem is that she needs to let go of her imaginary friend in order to move on, or grow up. The last two panels illustrate the conversation she has with her imaginary friend explaining how she needs to move on, and him leaving her. Center Panel: I spent a great deal of time with the composition of the center panel. In this one the two characters are positioned as relatively simple shapes within the frame. The background is then gridded off in order to direct the viewers attention around the scene from the light from the window in the top-left corner, to the characters. The table is positioned in such a way to signify that the two characters are coming to a point, or a hard spot in their relationship. It also blocks the girl's body to signify that she's coming to a decision that she is reluctant to share with her friend. In the tonal version (My portfolio, under traditional media) the wall in the background is blocking the light from the window which casts a shadow onto the girl which enhances the sense of reluctance or hidden agenda that she is keeping from her friend. You can also view the finished piece in my portfolio under digital media! Right Panel: The final panel would need some re-configuring in order to continue working on the final piece. I would re-position the perspective to look over the girl's shoulder as the imaginary friend climbs into her toy box. This would make the girl appear much larger than the friend to visually portray their relationship diminishing as the friend gets into the toy box to be stored away. |
James CunninghamArtist and animator. Archives
March 2017
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