I decided to branch out a little bit for this piece. After our first 4 pieces we had a cumulative critique of sorts, and I was told to experiment with including more of the body of my portraits and integrating the portrait with the design structure more. I thought about this while creating this concentration. The overriding theme of this piece is the style reminiscent of a comic book. I researched Roy Liechtenstein to get an idea of how to draw comic-book-style--sharp edges, high contrast, no subtleties in value, text (which I made a parody of by saying things like "Design!" and "Unity!" and "Contrast!"), and simplistic figures. The girl on the right is a full-body "portrait," showing the emotion of "terrified" through expression and body language. The explosions and whatnot form the "design" portion...yet the whole work is unified through the style. After the critique, I tried to keep the contrast yet minimize white space by coloring the background in very light gray and blue watercolor. I also cleaned up edges and added flames and things to balance the work. I feel like this is the concentration piece that shows the most risk-taking so far.
Daniel- this turned out so well! This piece truley captures attention with the comic book style you used. Wow, I love how bold this piece is. Your mark making is very strong with high contrast and it works really well with the composition. I really like that you included the whole figure to describe emotion, it is definitely effective. It is clear she is in shock! I love the woman's shadow- it really gives the piece some figure-ground relationship and makes the piece somewhat realistic. Plus, the pointalism in the figure adds to the comic book theme.
ReplyDeleteGREAT job Daniel, this is my favorite! Continue the awesome work :)
Excellent, Daniel!
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