With the inspiration boards and the environmental research, I began to thumbnail some compositions for the final drawing. The second picture was my favourite version as the eye is brought to the characters despite the background having details that tell you a bit of their story. I tried to encapsulate Momotaro's story by depicting the family in a village setting in a rural area of Japan where the story may be set, hence the simplistic building and basic surroundings.
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| I really struggled with perspective of this layout which is why the back building changed from the initial thumbnail to the colour key, hopefully it's an improvement. |
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| Black and white of final concept |
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Overall I am pleased with the outcome of my practical in regards to applying the knowledge learnt through my essay and applying it to the designs. The character and background designs are well thought out and researched in order to depict the cultural story correctly: social status, clothing, animals, colours, housing materials, rural environment. I am especially pleased with the character designs. I'm glad that the environment is also rooted in cultural context (based on the islands that the macaque monkey is indigenous to) but aesthetically I would like to work on the colour and lighting of the final concept, as well as trying a more painterly technique. If I were to continue the project I would to continue making iterations to reach a style I am really pleased with, but this isn't poignant to the cultural relevance of the essay.
Generally speaking I am happy with my workflow for this project, I'm fortunate that I started a lot of research before term started so I was able to start writing my essay earlier, which was a bonus as my essay is pretty long. I have included a summary of the rough schedule that I worked to, although there was catching up involved where life restrictions came up. I stayed ahead of my essay which allowed me to keep editing my essay as I went. I found the weeklys really useful in keeping me accountable of my work, in order to have something to show. I made sure to upload my practical progress as I went on so that I was always ready for a crit and could easily track what I'd done.
This final week also consisted of finalising and formatting my essay after getting some help with proof reading.
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