An overview of the 18 emotions portrayed with lines
The general sense of direction for my approach to this work was to keep things as simple and easy to understand as possible for viewers to appreciate my work on the 18 emotions. And I believe I have done that. I think this is my style whenever I’m involved in a creative process. However, I did try various methods just to get an idea of how the outcome may be. I used marker, drawing pens, pencil, Charcoal, charcoal pencil and brush pen. One key take away for me is that, now, I have a clearer idea on how lines can be manipulated to achieve a certain emotion and look and this can not only be applied to my future projects in ADM but also in any of my future works outside of school. It was indeed a very meaningful and fun project!
I hope that you will enjoy my work!
Indecisive – Not providing a clear and definite result
I started off being very literal with the emotion, indecisive. What immediately came to my mind was of a path (person) walking in circles or in a continuous movement, symbolising an unclear and indefinite pathway. Noted that the pathway was somewhat in a controlled manner but I did so because a person who is indecisive usually ponder about the same few cases at any one point and will circle round the same pathway repeatedly. I think I was able to do just that.
Not asked during presentation but would like to talk about my thought process.
One other emotion that I particularly like is the “Ambiguous” emotion. Ambiguous means being open to more than one interpretation. Using simple lines, I wanted to achieve a look where the viewer will question the orientation of the strip. Like, “is this supposed to be view in this way or another way?” I did so by creating a symmetrical mountain shape. Thick lines we’re used to accentuate the slope, but done in symmetrical way. This results in ambiguity of this particular emotion. I used a brush pen to help achieve this a smooth and sharp line.
Thank you for your time reading this:)