So as a continuation from my research, as I decided to come up with ideas for animal related point of view concepts, I bounced around several different ideas. The initial idea I had was toying with the habitat of animals, such as the ocean. My example sentences were:

 

Ocean to octopus is home

Ocean to cat is danger

Ocean to pelican is feeding ground

Ocean to sand is a gentle caress

Ocean to polar bear is a giant block of ice

Ocean to jellyfish is a void they can’t see

Ocean to dog is playground

Ocean to baby turtles is destination

Ocean to migratory birds is another 100km to go

 

After realising how hard it was to come up with 18 topic sentences for this topic, I changed my point of view and tried going with how animals see themselves and came up with a few sketches.

 

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After consulting Ina with these sketches, she prompted me to think of the idea of making every image consistent, and sticking with the theme of having just one distinct part of the animal shown. For example:

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Showing just the antlers of a stag

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The tail of the dog

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Or the beak of the toucan and the fins of a shark.

 

After finalising my idea, I started working on hand drawn samples (which admittedly looked horrible) before deciding to spend my recess week trying my luck at digital drawing again.

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Using the outlines of the previous sketches I drew, I managed to make a sample of the stag’s antlers.

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I quite liked the simple and minimalistic look of it, as well as the slight 3D effect the burn and dodge gave it so I tried it out a few times. (Some worked out and some didn’t ^^”, below is a documentation of some of the FAILED pieces)

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Something went wrong with the wrinkles of the trunk O_O

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The giraffe’s spots ended up looking too lumpy and some issues with lighting

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That shell…

And because it would be terrible to end my process journal with examples of terrible artwork, here are some test pieces that Succeeded

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After the Typographic Portrait project, I decided to continue with the theme of animals for this project and decided to look from the perspective of how different animals see themselves. I decided to try a new style of drawing this time, and took inspiration from a new digital art series about Cats as Snacks.

 

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Art Snacks by Marija Tiurina

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Art Snacks by Marija Tiurina

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Art Snacks by Marija Tiurina

 

I like the slightly glossy feel of the illustrations, and I also like how each image is simply placed on a single-coloured background with a slight vignette.

 

I also decided to play with the idea of suggestion, and showing only parts of the animal instead of the full one to tie in with the suggestion of that being the point of view of the animal, and also so the audience can try to guess what the image actually is.