At a visual language class (ouil404) we spoke about and was shown the magic of composition,after i was shown how composition worked i went back to my rough page layout and did 3 to 4 composition test on each rough page so i could get the best layout for each page.
experimenting with different angles and moving objects about gives me a wider choice of images to work from and also pushed me to better ideas.
page two was a difficult one i wanted to show the urban streets and city along with the fox in his woodland home, but i wanted it to show that he was looking out on the city past the woodlands so that on the next page it suggested that the woodlands was were he came from the city is were he was going.
making a mess in the streets with the bins was a fun rough to create. sloth it was challenging to capture the form of a fox i wanted it to be sneaky and elogent at the same time as messy
know that i had the right composition for each page it was time to put together all that i had raked together from artist research and all those fox study drawing and start to create style ideas for the pages
on this image i used dip pen and inks, ink wash and i used a tooth brush to flick watered down acrylic white paint. i used a lot of texture to create this, the flicking, cross hatching, tones of colour and using the brush strokes as a tool of texture. i was so fixed on making the pages more gritty and scruffy looking and trying my hardest to keep away from the pages looking like a child book. i felt i had done that well but after a discussion on a group crit my tutor told me i was aiming in the right direction and pointed out that theres too much craft on one page. i strongly agree with this, it does seem too busy and too thick on the page. he suggested that i go digital on my textures and shading.
anther test page
i started to create my pages as suggested. only using line on the pages to later have the shading and detail added on photo shop i used A4 and brush pens to create these pages but when i finished these three i wasn't happy with the out com, the line work seemed lazy and wasn't what i was trying to express in my book. because i haven't used digital at all in my education or practice i couldn't imagine the out come so i think this was mentally blocking me from creating these pages the way i would have liked.
i couldn't get the form right of the fox and could se expression. to me these look cut out and stuck down
i was happy with the sad expression on the fox face. amazing how you can slightly change the angle of a feature on a face and it changes the expression dramatically. (ears)
because i knew i was in a mental block because i didn't have the experience on photoshop to know how it would look finished with greys and detail i felt i should take the time to play on photo shop and learn the basics giving me the chance to have that ability to see how the out come would be.
iv never used photoshop because i always felt it was cheating, i would see digital picture and think well that can be done with a paint brush and gauche, i would see it as a tool for people who couldn't get those techniques with a brush or pencil (sounds harsh i know) and also i know that has been just an excuse because I'm not computer friendly.
with this been my first attempt i did something away from project something i could sit back and enjoy and do what i want i felt this would give me the chance and be stress free from trying to capture a certain look. this didn't come easy at first but i had help from friends giving me the tutorials of the basics. soon as i got the hang of it i felt differently about about digital work.
i knew if i could keep my drawing abilities and refine them and tune them up with digital, that it would push my practise the direction its been needing.
excited about the new approach iv learnt and knowing how things work i could imagine a out come for my page drawings like before.
i began to draw the pages again, because i could see what i was working up to the results was far better than the ones i first started to draw.
i used the pencil to give me directions to work on in photoshop, the lines are were i am to express light and shadow.
again the lines are to show me direction on photoshop to show me were to change shades of colour.
process shots
i was happy with the out come on most of my pages, i was happy that i had captured the expression of a fox and that you can tell its set in the night. i know i hav a long way to go and much more to learn on photoshop but I'm pleased to have pushed my work in the digital direction and its going to be an option of my methods on briefs to come. (blog shout out to georgie and naomi for the photoshop tutorials)
a few of the final images of the pages
i was happy with the out come and how the composition tells most of the story on this page
different tones to create depths
shapes of negative space to express light
form and expression on the fox
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