A6 drawings
I missed the A6 class therefore I didn’t know the drawings were to be done in ink. Consequently, I made mines in marker and then went back to make a further 2 more in ink in order to have a chance to use the medium.
-
Marker versions
For my first drawing, I used my photography experiments from earlier to help me work with perspective. I wanted to use visual imagery to show my character’s true size and how small she is.
For my second image, I wanted to create some movement and build a relationship between the two characters. I found that with my marker and liner, my work becomes very stiff and in the above image there is too much going on as there are so many lines that make the image hard to understand. This realization helped me further in my experiments when using ink and also my experiments that were inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s work.
-
Ink versions
In my first ink piece, I was thinking that on such a small-scale background, and character in ink would clash, therefore in order to make the character stand out I kept her predominately white. However, we found that when looking at my sketchbook experiments when the character is also in ink turns out better as she’s less stiff, and there’s much more action in her. The background in this piece was very successful as its showing a lot of movement and looks very relaxed.
In my second drawing I created an older version of my character as within character design the progression of age is always really important. I took into consideration the storyline and how the ending could affect my character and it all comes to play in my design choices. For example: At the end of the story each character has a “crown” and from my earlier designs, I decided that the crowns would be based on the flora a character descended from. Therefore in this drawing, Thumbelina is sporting a Tulip crown. She also has a regal-like pose and clothes as the character she meets at the end of the story is a prince hinting that Thumbelina herself becomes royalty.
