My concentration has worked out pretty darn well so far. The concepts I wanted to communicate being communicated [hopefully] and all my pieces connect fairly well. I have a few things that I would have done differently. For instance, though I still have a lot of interest in them and they still connect with what I draw about, I sort of wish I had picked a concentration less restricting to my visual subject matter than 'rituals'. But then again, I've really got no other ideas that wouldn't end up being really vague. And I also would have been more careful about the way I draw people, because some of them ended up being more 'cartoony' [for lack of a better word] than I would have liked. But I can't complain, my concentration is still rad.
As for what I will do for my next pieces, as I finish up my concentration, I really want to make sure it is cohesive enough. While many have remarked on the cohesiveness of my work, I feel like it's just because I'm the only person here doing illustration. If there were other people in this class who made up characters and drew scenes like I did, than I might have to put more effort into setting my style apart and making sure it looked like my art. But I want to do this anyway, regardless of how cohesive it already looks compared to non-illustration concentrations. So with my last two drawings [pictured in last update] "Present" and "Dignity," I wanted to combine the design themes that had appeared only once before in my concentration and combine them with other seldom implemented design themes to really make all my stuff connect well.
We only have, what, four more pieces or so? So, I will make more drawings that unify the design of the concentration, but for my last couple I want to really go all out. Since I'm just a high school kid, my resources for making really epic art are often limited, and I want to make my most epic drawing yet. First of all, I want to make it really freaking big: at least five feet in each direction. It'll have a lot of blood in it. And more animals and women, which I don't draw too often. Trust me, it's gonna be wicked. Also, I want to do one that isn't really scene at all, but a hieroglyph type thing with a couple characters and symbols drawn completely in gold, on a background of straight up marble looking texture, and it will be pretty big, too. I want to do these because even though they should be cohesive, a god concentration should always take risks and go for broke at times.
____________________TL;DR: I like my concentration, but I want it to be cohesive, and I also want to make some big epic drawings with lots of blood and gold.
I love your concentration! i can tell from the pieces themselves that you love what you're doing and having a blast with it. I agree with you - you should go ALL OUT for the last few! try something or use a medium you've never ever used before on one of your drawings... i guarantee anything will look cool with your concentration so you've got nothing to worry about! keep up the good work :)
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ReplyDeleteI just wanted to say that your concentration is very unique and detailed. I think that you should just continue doing what you love and whatnot. However, I do want to see more details in your pieces. Like the one with the foxes... I thought that one was the best! Perhaps you could do something along the lines of an artsy "Where's Waldo?" I don't know! I guess I just want to see more of what you're doing! :) Anyway! I hope that this was helpful and that it made sense! Bye!
P.S.: The font that you have set your blog to have is really very hard to read... maybe that's just me, but my eyes are dying.