New Concept Art.
I kept with the yellow outline with Louis Le Prince as I wanted some consistency within my drawings and development, and also because it makes him stand out more some a compositional point as well. With these drawing I wanted to focus more on the highlights of Le Prince's life that would of had a lasting impact on him. I did have to have some creative licence on drawing Le Prince's wife however as I could not find any images of her anywhere. I also kept to darker colours for the background for there to be more emphasis on the people and also on certain objects of significance, ie. his camera.
The image below is an etching I did on a small sheet of Makrolon, I don't think I will develop this idea any further than here as it was quite difficult to draw out (compass point), however I did like how it had a ghost like appearance.
Acetate Prints and Outcomes.
These outcomes took me by surprise when they were printed out as I did not think it would work as effectively as I had hoped. My concern was that the colours would not be as vibrant as they had been on photoshop when I was experimenting with different techniques. One issue I did have was that the background had to be removed on each one so it would not have a murky, pale effect.
To keep the acetate sheets intact I will need to figure out a way to protect it so it does not get damaged as easily - perhaps some sort of boarder around it?
Acetate Sheet.
Acetate Sheet Note.
The reason that the camera kept going in and out of focus was that I was moving the torch as it has a function to focus the light in and out. I only tried this to see if it had any effect on the image.
Luke Best.
The work of Luke Best was something that I was recommended to look at as another way of displaying my work (seeing my work in a window). The images below are a few that I found interesting on his Instagram page.
Image 6.
Image 7.
One thing that I liked in particular was the way he draws out his figures, the legs in particular are sometimes longer in proportion to the torso, and in some there is a lack of feet or hands. This got me thinking of other ways I can draw out my images in a more simplistic style.
Image 8.
Annotation
Blurring Experimentation.
The more I looked into Le Prince's work the more I saw that my images seemed to be too 'crisp'. They did not have the blurred finish that his work had, and so I decided to see if I could try and make my images have more of a rougher finish to add more emphasis on certain things in my outcomes. And so I experimented with the different blurring tools available on photoshop and looked to see which one was best to use.
I used the motion blur, field blur and path blur tools to make my experiments.
Process.
For my new outcomes I used layers to cut out the figures of my images and add them on top of an already blurred image. By doing this I was hoping to show what the main focus is in each image whilst keeping the composition somewhat the same.
I found this technique fun to use as it was something that I have never tried before on photoshop and I think it will define help me with my storyboard development.
Blurring Outcomes.
Christian Boltanski’s Theatre of Shadow
Image 9.
Christian Boltanski’s installation belongs in the series of his shadow plays, which he has been presenting since 1984 in various formats. His figures are suspended in a way that they can move freely, making their own movements in the light which gives the piece its own form of life in a way. The images also appear bigger or smaller depending on where the light hits it which then accentuates the grotesque features Boltanski gives them. (3.a).
“Shadows can disappear from one minute to another. As soon as the spotlights or the candles go out, all is gone. The shadow is fragile, it is intangible.” (3.a).
As an experiment, I decided to create my own puppet figures using examples from my concept art. I made the decision that I wouldn’t use the same style as Boltanski for this as it doesn’t really relate to my work in the way others would.
One thing that I had to be careful about was where I was cutting in relation as to where I was using the scalpel as the hand did fall off as I had made a scalpel cut to show the space in between the jacket and his shirt, but I overlapped the hand with glue to fix it.
I think that I had more success with the first example rather than the second as I feel the way I cut out the different areas did not work as well. For example the beard on the second outcome does in a way look like a grotesque face if you look close enough. But I do think that the smaller cuts on the dress worked as it looks like the layers of the dress overlapping one another.
Storyboard.