#illustrations

Week 4

| harussell1

This week I started to create the wig for the character as well as creating the character herself. I also came to the decision that as the character develops so will the wig.

After some quick development sketches, I got to work creating the wig. The initial starting point was to use a mop-head but the one I had was too small for my head, so I decided to use sheep’s wool and stretched it out and attached it to the scrap material I had used to cover the top of the foam headband. The sheep’s wool didn’t give the desired effect as ‘bus shit crazy old lady’ has really big, almost foam like hair; so I decided to use some wadding mixed in with the sheep’s wool and super-glued it together which was very effective in giving the exaggerated look I wanted. I then took a pair of old glasses and decided to cover them with red collage and the word ‘bus’ at the top; I wanted the character to look like she had walked straight out of a story book with parts of it still attached to her.

  • Altho i liked the effect of the sheeps wool it wasn't the effect i was looking for and reminded me more of the character 'Jaquerline MCcafferty' from the Limmy show
    Altho i liked the effect of the sheeps wool it wasn’t the effect i was looking for and reminded me more of the character ‘Jaquerline MCcafferty’ from the Limmy show
  • I wanted to give the impression that her glasses were part bus too
    I wanted to give the impression that her glasses were part bus too
  • I wanted the glasses to look like they still partially belonged in a storybook and to be completely surreal yet comical.
    I wanted the glasses to look like they still partially belonged in a storybook and to be completely surreal yet comical.
  • The glasses had a much better effect once the eyebrows were added to them.I was inspired by a devil mask which I felt fitted in well with her character.
    The glasses had a much better effect once the eyebrows were added to them.I was inspired by a devil mask which I felt fitted in well with her character.
  • sculpture become really eerie and took on a life of it's own after adding a mouth to it.Considering adding more human elements
    sculpture become really eerie and took on a life of it’s own after adding a mouth to it.Considering adding more human elements
  • Wig and cross crutch.Becoming a warning flag of it's own
    Wig and cross crutch.Becoming a warning flag of it’s own
The wig had started to become a free forming sculpture/character of it’s own. It amused me to think of her wig crawling off her head at night and going on adventures of it’s own. This is something I hope to work on in the near future. I was also lucky enough to acquire a pair of crutches from Tayside re-users which is perfect as the character uses these.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fgmtv8k9MhXCOrxnlCxPODYscCiBIG5z/view?usp=sharing

Some quick sketches/scribberlings on how I was planning to develop the wig further/eyes crutches etc.

  • Decided to put lace on top of the image to see if it encouraged the 'malificent spirit' image I so desired.
    Decided to put lace on top of the image to see if it encouraged the ‘malificent spirit’ image I so desired.
  • The character frightening small children in their beds.(inspiration taken from the Babadook)
    The character frightening small children in their beds.(inspiration taken from the Babadook)
  • Quite liking the effect of the watercolour pen with the fine liner on brown parcel paper.It makes the colour more vibrant and noticable then if it was on white paper.
    Quite liking the effect of the watercolour pen with the fine liner on brown parcel paper.It makes the colour more vibrant and noticable then if it was on white paper.
Some illustrations with character scenarios/descriptions/dialogue.

https://images.app.goo.gl/UK8FjggNLorZhA3C6

https://images.app.goo.gl/mENtGa1UMJpnu6xEA

https://images.app.goo.gl/P8QADcV9GrT5LLCG9

https://images.app.goo.gl/EuHvASDRkW6Wvsp38

https://images.app.goo.gl/6cWAeLTgLtTFQ7zP7

https://images.app.goo.gl/N65CiYmH6sDAqoxA8

https://images.app.goo.gl/Lhz24SHW9o7xvMUW7

https://images.app.goo.gl/3UAjyD9DdZyJJs8a9

I also decided to change the name of the character to ‘bus shit crazy old lady’ in order to stray away from any kind of connection with poor mental health and the from the person that she is based on.

Bibliography

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Week 3 Another derive and mixed media work.

| harussell1

I decided to go on another derive with my partner as I felt like we needed a walk in general and because walks and fresh air often help our creative process otherwise our creativity becomes stagment.

It was an incredibly windy day especially down by the pier.I noticed a couple of things I hadn’t noticed before and tried to capture some sounds but due to the wind it was really hard to pick them up.I think once we move to dundee and are able to have access to DJCAD I will try to access DSLR equitement and attach a microphone with a windshield to my phone.

I also started to look at the sea and think of a physical gesture that would best represent the movement of the sea.

Observations of conversations,people,birds and objects.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aXBzgCGLzjCTkoyYxUWd0aM9XZM8xmAz/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aT-0Ec_c_nZ7Cs77zSGgHuR0vFzo0ZK5/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aPFXVPpD6hoft9XBrJtFCt57lTNlpAu6/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aIAsozU-qych5F-0QZUL7XpfWLGsNf2e/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aH-U8HOT6KVIgKQ8oNbF1gyKLVR4QuHO/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aSZHGX7ieEOMsHP4GjVcMA4DxJ-ICkp9/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aEaO24ZS67b-FIpiseEKi0loCpSDMszr/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aFcWO3lXQICpFKlDVPjKc57Q5AEnZe6k/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aCEMUfJxQ-1k5TxkxAFklg_dTDuOJaGR/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aCUK3SHoQujYSeebV8Zn8etS4QHNTWXf/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a14Afocc1CocJLj7HzVr39IR7xQJH2GI/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a4rHKCArhlmRixWj_zDflOFNNvi7WnKv/view?usp=sharing

Some gestural marks made whilst listening to one of the videos with crow noises in it.The marks remind me of chinese characters and words.The yellow was the sweet sound of the sparrows,the loose black marks are the hum drum of the schoolchildren making there way past us.I found there conversations quite interesting (little bits you may be able to hear) such as ‘my phone is bigger then yours’ and something about the year 11s.I found the bragging quite interesting as this is usually something children mimick from their parents.

Gestural marks that i made using the same flowing gestural movements that are featured in one of the videos above.I feel that the mixed blues looked much better once I had deconstructed the painting and put it back together again as the illustrations created a map like effected within the ocean of blue and represented the characters and things i noticed on my walk.The use of gestural marks towards the end of the painting i feel were more effective then the mixed blues as you could see them more clearly and I felt that they captured the performative aspect much better and gave the impression of the flow and the crash of the sea.I think I would like to try making some more of thoose marks on paper and add some more illustrations to it.

Some quick illustrations of ‘batshit crazy granny’ whom we bumped into on our first walk (she hates Louis for some reason and once turned on the bus with her fingers to her eyes then pointed at Louis as if to say ‘I’m watching you’…This is where the lazers come from streaming from her eyes.Her favourite thing to say when she gets on the bus is ‘WHat is the last STop on this BUses route?’ She tends to over pronounciate the beggining of her words which I also find interesting.I felt like ‘what is the last stop?’worked quite well with the theme of the project aswell.

Pic no2 is the ‘It’s a wee bit windy ay?’ character that we occured talking to his friend.

And a man I decided was in the ‘secret santa society’ walking along by the pier.He had quite the undercover look about him.

I feel like i have taken the oppertunity of the derive to make the most of the local characters in the area and giving them back stories. Aswell as paying attention to the noises and visuals around me and making marks and performative pieces to co-incide with that.I’m currently moving flat and don’t have access to the studio so I would like to of spent more time working on a large scale and focusing on the perfromative side of things but I haven’t had the chance.I will obviously be looking to focus more on that next week once we have moved up.