For this final project we are partnering with one friend, and we are supposed to create an artwork based on our partner.
My partner is Joan Kuah, and I did not know her very well at first. Maybe this is a good thing for this final project as I get to know a lot about her, other than her outside personality and she the fact that she likes Japanese culture. Which in the end make me decide that I would like this project to portray my impressions about her and also about her liking.
First of all, let’s talk about what she likes. She likes watching anime, reading manga, and eating Japanese food. Her favourite Japanese dishes are sushi and cute bentos. Her favourite colour is pink, white and black. She also likes animals, particularly dogs and puppies. The reason why she is so into Japanese culture is because of its vibrancy and futuristic modern culture.
My impression about her is that she is very kind and always cheerful. There is this positive aura when you are around her, which makes her a very likeable and friendly person. She also talks a lot about her boyfriend, she borrows stuff from her boyfriend, even her grandma also cooks for her boyfriend. This fact makes me she her as a very loyal and honest person, which actually can be symbolised in a puppy.
This gives me and idea to draw a puppy looking at a cute bento box to represent both my impression of her and also what she likes. In order to build the concept stronger, I did some research on how to draw and paint realistic looking (using watercolour) of food and dogs. I did research using Pinterest, some ideas that I took from Pinterest are:
At first I would like to draw using watercolour, however after consulting with Keith, I decided to draw it anime style, with flat colours and outline the design with drawing pen to make it look anime alike. This is because anime style is more relevant to the whole Japanese idea. I decided to use acrylic paint to ensure the flatness of the colours. Which makes me look for anime related art such as:
About the dog, I decided to draw pug, as it is cute and I find it challenging to draw pug because of its folded skin and big eyes. Other than that, Joan is a chinese and pug is actually originated from China, that’s why this dog can be used to represent her. Some pug that become my inspiration:
As Joan has a very cheerful personality, I decided to use more bright colours and soft pastel colours to illustrate her personality.
More pins about my research can be found at: pinterest.com/dheamariesta/final-project/
Check out my this project development process on my next post!