Unlike my other painting thus far, this alludes to more of the story. The addition of the guns makes us a party to something outside of the confines of the picture. The focus remains on the face whilst the foreground is blurred. It is interesting that those who are not familiar with the film may find it an aggressive piece and yet it is a comic part of the film.
A lot of the films I am looking at tread a line between right and wrong . I am interested in these characters that are difficult to categorize. They are not simply black and white but a grey area in the middle. Film allows us to experience emotion and violence in a safe environment however we all perceive a film differently. When we go to the cinema, we become the critic. We make a judgement as to whether a film is good or bad.
Yagami Light- the central character to my painting is a high grade achieving teenager bored with everyday urban life until a notebook entitled ‘DEATH NOTE’ falls into his hands. On reading this ‘death note’ he discovers whoever’s name is written in the note; dies. Curiosity and greed take course and Light begins a course of ridding the world of its worst criminals.
This image seemed at odds with the Watchmen painting of my previous post. While Dr Manhattan is portrayed in a blue haze, Yagami Light is seen in flame red. It is interesting how colour can also be used to portray emotion. While Blue is calm and serene, Red can be aggressive and violent. Yagami Light believes himself to be a hero serving the world justice. In this image his face is somewhat young and innocent but the colour makes us question this.
