Sequence and Narrative part 4: Using basic narrative structure 4.4

For this exercise I used the radio city tower and the sketch of a statue in the gallery. Duplicated each 3 times and made a beginning middle and end. I did have a lightbox, but it broke so I had to redraw both by eye after trying to trace through paper.

 For the radio city tower sketch I immediately went for the construction of it to the fall of it. I couldn’t really illustrate the passing of time though. It’s supposed to be after many years it eventually falls but It kind of just looks like it broke shortly after putting the top of it on. Without writing to tell the audience what the time frame is it’s hard to judge just how fast it falls. I tried to create the Beginning (being built) Middle (Present day) and End (The falling of the tower). I'd like to think that it was excitement when the final piece was put on top and how the middle picture becomes part of the city as it stands there tall for many years before crumbling maybe due to old materials, a crazy storm, a riot, or the end of radio falls upon us and we no longer need it.

The second is of this man fighting a snake. The narrative I have created is that he loses the battle and is eaten headfirst and the snake them goes back to digest in its natural habitat. Again, it was hard to illustrate a time frame other than a change of location as the first 2 actions would happen in a short time whereas the snake digesting a human would take up to 2 weeks. Although snakes don’t eat humans it could be a super snake like one that fits the style of statue like a ancient myth of a human eating snake. Before the first picture I can imagine this man going about his day in nature when the snake coils itself around him so fast that he can’t fight its huge mouth. The final image the snake is tired and relaxed still digesting its meal and the story could be that he had to sacrifice a human to become a snake god or that he can now live a longer life because he's consumed a longer living human.

One way to show time passing is day light or change in season like summer to winter or from day to night. I didn’t really capture this in either of my drawings I couldn’t find anything in my sketchbook where I could apply time really. I did really try with the snake illustration though because it’s a bit more obvious of a time jump if you know it can take up to a week for snakes to digest a big meal.

The second part I tired morphing some earlier drawings into other things for some reason I couldn't imagine anything from any of my drawings. I did however manage to make a witch out of a continuous hand from a previous exercise and that was unexpected, but it turned out great. I did a little sketch of a water bottle and change it into a superhero slowly giving it limbs and a head. I also tried it out with a weird look cat which was already drawn using the shape of clouds except this time I created a more pleasantly shaped looking cat.

The hand I spent the most time on sketching out things it could morph into like an animal. But an ugly witch came to mind,

 

Both of these tasks I found a bit tricky imagining things for some reason. Coming up with a new narrative and illustrating time I didn’t really grasp cause none of my drawings seemed to relate to time. I think because I had to come up with things on the spot it wasn’t as natural creating these new narratives. I do really like the witch from the hand the best. It does resemble her slightly comparing the shapes.

 

Key words/ sentences that will remind me of what I’ve learned in these tasks:

 

Different perspective

 

Use of expression

 

Exploring with time

 

Random narratives

 

Less focus on detail

 

Eyes (can be added to any shape to bring it to life)

 

Difference