C. S Lewis (1936, p.4) “There can be no mistake about the novelty of romantic love”
I decided from this week that it would be more sensible to focus on crafting my drawing ability further and not to work on the film. Instead I will produce lots of drawings which will continue on with the narrative. This will enable me to develop my technique and find my visual style throughout my work. Trying to master making a good animated film is a lot more testing than I thought. It was a hard decision to make, but I feel it is the right one for me. The film started to affect my ability to produce and expand on my chosen topic: Love and Animation as I was more focused on learning how to create the actual film. This decision will affect the way my work will be exhibited in the future.
This will help me explore my work in new directions and encourage me to be more confident about my work and to push it in different ways. Also I can concentrate more on building my storyark for my topic and will have the time to plan and make the narrative more romantic.
This piece of work was created with charcoal on paper. We can see Robert Gold and Lacey sitting on a bench. They are spending the day together at the park. There is a pond with fish in the left top hand corner and flowers all around on the grass. The couple are happy and love being together, they hate being away from each other. The focal point is the two of them sat watching nature all around them. This is the beginning of the story when they are getting to know each other. There is a good contrast between the black medium and the white paper, as the viewer can see all the layers of texture and my use of shadow.
William Kentridge charcoal drawings for Lulu (2014) are done in Indian ink and Charcoal. This medium causes many smudged marks which help create detail and texture within the picture. William Kentridge (2017, p. 129) “The contingent fact of using charcoal, the contingent fact of the imperfection of erasure”. Smudges have a massive impact on my drawings as they help to add atmosphere and character. This is caused by the marks left by the charcoal so every new image has extra marks which make every drawing slightly different.
I have researched these drawings as there are strong links with my own work which also covers relationships. Lulu is also about two people wanting to be together. Kentridge has used the same medium as me. Kentridge work is a short film, but my work tells a story in a more traditional way like a book. There is strong links between Kentridge and my work such as the use of materials and how the narrative depicted a love story. Niklas Luhmann (2010, p. 14) “Love conveys a dual confirmation of meaning.” The main characters in my film are in love and they want to be together. There love means something as they share this strong bond.
The drawing is quite flat and does not have much depth of field. It is very simple and there isn’t a lot happening in the picture. It is a very naive drawing. This piece of work has taught me I need to think about what’s going to happen in the story as a whole as I had trouble thinking about what image to draw next.
I quite like the image but feel that the flowers and grass have made it look more cartoon like. I should have layered the charcoal more which would have built texture and contrast. This would have given the image a darker, more atmospheric, adult look.
