Project 3: So Far
I’ve made the final changes to the concepts behind the four designs! They’re now:
1. Me, An Atheist -> Cult of Corgi Butts -> Suddenly Religious
2. Acrophobic Me -> Room of Roaches -> Up, Up and Away!
3. Fearless Me -> KFC – A Horror Movie -> Cowardly Me
4. Me, Out of Shape -> Bus Leaving from the Stop -> Suddenly Ripped
Work-In-Progress
Other than the final concept changes, I’ve also worked on quite a few of the frames today. (‘u’)
My progress over the weekends went somewhat like this in the middle:
I know I photoshopped Colonel Sanders to look creepy but I couldn’t stand to look at his face at night so I had to cover up his face with some leftover pieces of gold foil because black, red with “October Crow” font is too much for me. (;u;) I can’t see KFC the same way again.
(This is terrifying to look at; I get a scare every time I step out for water and come back to see this on the floor)
But aside from that, I started work on the traditional pieces at my own pace after finishing up the digital pieces and printing them at Jurong Point.
Corgi butt is love, corgi butt is life (‘u’)
I also took a break (procrastination ;u;) and found out that pushing the color filter for my traditional mediums make them look so much better – especially analogous colors – for some odd reason. I was also wondering if the 3D element looked cheap, and I tried to filter and testing with Instagram’s filters.
The colors turned out super crisp and I liked the feel of it. It was really difficult when I was deciding if to scan, push colors and print it or to go with the original piece though. I decided to go with the original piece in the end for the presentation, since the organic feel of the drawing grew on me. I like original copies!
Also, here are some of the other panels!
I was inspired by some stratosphere pics! I really wanted to recreate the clouds so I decided to make this into a 3D panel, and make the clouds out of wool!
Drawing macho chicken
Generally for this project, there was more doing, rather than design changes, since doing my panels traditionally meant that my sketches had to count. I had alot of fun. I hope things turn out well! (‘v’)
Color Research
Last month when I worked on Project 2, it was Inktober.
This month, while we’re working on colors, it’s Huevember!
Rather than looking up old masters or famous designs, I’ve been wading through a bunch of amazing Huevember art and they’re absolutely gorgeous.
There are traditional and digital artists participating in Huevember, and alot of them apply color theories in very interesting manners, or select specific colors to focus on.
Huevember Challenge by Cylindric
There are those who use colors as a connecting factor in narrative (e.g. colored objects) and also those who use colors as an emotion (e.g. red as anger, blue as sadness, etc). I really enjoyed looking at some of these art, especially ones that look like tarot cards or card game art – because they look extremely well thought-out. They seem to carry an entire message or narrative within one image – I probably want to go for that style for some of my images too!
Other than Huevember, I did some research on Shepard Fairey too. He’s a contemporary street artist and graphic designer, and the founder of OBEY clothing. He works alot with black, white and reds, and dabbles alot in art regarding politics. I found this super cool since informative or propaganda always focuses alot on narratives! It was fun going onto TeeFury for ideas too. (‘u’)
