As an animation student, I wanted to explore the motion and movement of the human body and use one of the themes in Chapter 13, the physical body. I wanted to do a series of 6-8 drawings of a body movement, either facial or the whole body. These drawings would be put together in a circle, creating a huge Phenakistoscope-like artwork. Each drawings would be 9” x 12”, and the choice of media would be charcoal.
The artists who inspired me the most are Eadweard Muybridge and Umberto Boccioni, both from chapter 13. Eadweard Muybridge was an artist from the 1800s and he used photography to capture human’s movement. At that time, photography was still a new invention, but it helped people study the human body’s movement very well. Umberto Boccioni was a futurist who had a unique style of portraying energetic movement through a variety of medias. Other artist/ inventor who inspired me is John Plateau, who was the inventor of Phenakistoscope.
Other materials that I would need other than drawing paper for the series of drawings is a huge circular shaped paper that I would use as the paper that hold all my smaller drawings together. Also, I would take pictures of a series of motion and use it as a reference for my final project.
Samantha's responses:
ReplyDeleteI think that your proposal sounds very interesting and a great area where animation and art can meet. Am curious to see how this will all come together. I wonder if there some way to make the work spin in some way? You may have to do some test runs with material to ensure that you can get the effect that you want.
I'd also think a bit about what you're capturing doing in space. The formal idea sounds like an interesting one, and I think that the concept and content that you bring to it will make it uniquely yours.
Margaret's response:
ReplyDeleteI agree with Samantha's remarks. I do wonder what you intend to use for source material and what kind of motion you are trying to achieve. It would be great if you could make the drawings move.
Tomorrow, let's look at some of your preliminary sketches.
What have you decided about the action you want to portray? Facial expression? Big movement in the body? Margaret
ReplyDeleteI have decided to do a big movement in the body - an athelete doing springboard diving.
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