.An Image tells a story.
- (Daily process journal towards final #1 – playing around with the 2 techniques, vectoring and hands-on process.)
- Linking and infusing the 2 methods
A Movement that tells a story- The infusion of modern context
*am back to being my abstract self.
Not forgetting the past context of the Chinese history, I infused the movement of the inking through photography and video. Capturing the moments with different frames of movement.
The experiment of Chinese inking movement. The old traditional way
I will be following up on my process by playing around with after effects. But first, planning of which object to move is important.
Exploring of Background
I was planning to have a layout before it dives into the modern look of the Chinese element which I will be focusing on. Giving a Chinese inking effect, I explored the effect of Chinese inking through the pouring of ink onto the cardboard to make it diffuse slowly.
The process is captured below:
THE FIRST DROP:
Diffusion with the diluted paint (1):
Diffusion with the diluted paint (2):
Diffusion with the diluted paint (3):
I will be uploading the video of the movement on the next slide.
[Inspiration Ideation]
Inspired by the Chinese Oriental Days from the past, I visited the Chinese temple in Singapore to gain inspiration on how the culture is. I was greatly drawn to how majestic and how grand the Chinese atmosphere is. Drawn way back to the past, the Chinese inking and woodblock printing is a technique which people used during the days. This was my initial ideation. Using the mono-printing technique to create the woodblock inking technique of the oriental look.
Going into what I will be focusing. The oriental look which I drew inspiration from:
I decided to infuse both the Chinese culture into the modern context by playing with watercolour technique, digital work to showcase the infusing of the mix Chinese culture. I included auspicious items of the Chinese culture. (Usually,/most of their artworks go in one direction only/ they go either anti-clockwise or clockwise direction but in a circular form)
Idea 1:
I plan on having a cover layout which opens the door to the artwork. (As the importance of the Chinese culture includes the dragon and the lion, I am trying to create a narrative to each of the artwork.)- each artwork is consistent but the graphic form is different in each composition. Sounds will be added to emphasise the different mood I want to portray.
Mainly the technique which I will be using will be water colour, digital illustration. I am also planning on the animation part to see which parts should be animated.
I’ll include my sketches in the next post~~