After the ink session I have been struggling to make work, it's crossed my mind that maybe I should have picked another author that I'm not so attached too because everything I am making is not expressing how I feel about it properly, its verging on cutesy.
I've been playing around with quotes at the moment to try and get something from that, I'm trying to branch out with materials as well. I'm getting too comfortable with ink. Also the whole two colours thing feels really limiting so I'm sticking to mainly black, blues and reds.
LIKES
- Overlay of objects onto others
- Blue/ green tones to bring out loneliness
- Continuous lines helping to bring out ideas without worrying about it looking finished.
- using cats as signifiers for the characters (often they are alone, occasionally interact but majorly in their own worlds)
DISLIKES
- "cutesy" esque drawings, too generic.
- everything feels finished, theres nothing raw in here and I'm staying on the same ideas too long
- maybe get away from ink for a while, i like its fluidity but time to think about other stuff
PLAN!!!
- try more materials out
- ask some advice from others (is there anything there worth developing??)
- carry on with the cats, especially the last few cat drawings (lovingly named pooter cat)
- continue listen to immersive playlist which is mostly jazz, quite enjoying it actually
- try and steal some scrap paper from various bins! maybe the print room?
- Watch more cat videos to get some more realistic movements
- think some more about colours, look at previously used printed works
I really liked this cat I drew in big in blue ink so then I redrew him in pencil then I drew him again in gold ink. I'd like to come back to this just because I thought it was simple in a nice way.
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