Sequence and Narrative part 4: Conversations with pictures- Interpretation 4.3

Working with the principle of the ‘suppose-we-make-it-different’ by Quinten Blake, I have chosen a few of my own figurative drawings in my sketchbooks in this unit to 'make different' and added some dialogue I think would go well with the characters.

Wooden Boy narrative in different environments:

 

scenerios...

 He has suddenly woken in this woodwork shop after being varnished with and apparent magical varnish.

This man who makes all the wooden things has turned into wood himself and doesnt know what to do.

"is this where I was made?" 

"left alone hey? looks like im giving myself hair and a mustache"

His maker has recently passed away and has left a letter to say that wooden boy now owns the shop and to carry on the buisness for him.

Adam and Eve statue in the Gallery

Another statue from the Gallery

Carole the carrot collector

Donut shop

His names tony and there isnt actually donuts in the bag its actually apples because he wants people to eat better, so the smell of donuts is actually from a donut smell machine.

Hes actually a time traveller and he has been through time to find the best donut recipe and is now he is the most popular selling them around town.

Hes actually apart of the van, he is a robot hence his ability to stand there all day.

"Iv'e accidentally put 1gram more of sugar in these ones hehe"

"I dont even need to sell these donuts, Im sweet enough!"

Builder

"If i just stand here and hold this ledge they might think I know what I'm doing"

"I don't think I can actually get down..."

It was bring you're cartoon to work day and John the builder was fed up of his so left him to inspect the building so far. Of course the cartoon was just happy to be there.

"Am gonna play in that skip in a minute"

Its actually poo splashed on his clothes not mud and dirt thats why hes been told to stand up there and 'hold the builing up' away from everyone else on site.

 

Moving to my sketchbook I have continued with a new narrative and wrote a letter from the characters 'wooden boy' and 'Johns cartoon', I also created new images to go along with their personility and context.

I thought the perfect person 'wooden boy' who I called chip could write to is his other wooden friend pinnochio. I have created a story about Chip's maker leaving the workshop to him, and chip being cheerful and curious only gives a short thought about where his maker actually is but then is excited about the new friends he can make using 'magic varnish' to wake them up like maker did to him. I think the original expression of Chip is sweet and innocent and a bit scared so I try to hint this side of his personality in the letter by teh way he writes. I wrote this letter with my non writing hand to try to keep a childlike feel to it. Without knowing just how old he is the expression and posture makes you believe he is young and things like writing are new to him. I have also used a brown envelope maybe to resemble wood or sandpaper as if it's from the workshop itself. Its also a bit crumpled to suggest he is clumsy.

On the page I have stuck pictures of him with his friend pinnochio, a picture in the workshop and a new photo of him smiling with a photo signed 'frog friend' on the back.

As for the other character, I have given him a naive and clumsy personality. He tries his best but can still neer seen to get anything right. I kept the name as 'Johns Cartoon'. I think not having a name makes him a little bit less responsible for the many mistakes he makes. So for example if he trips over and knocks things over no one really knows his name so they cant adress him directly menaing John his owner would have to take the blame like a child and a parent dynamic. I have emphasised his clumsiness through his letter. He is replying and apologising to a building sight boss for casueing a lot of trouble on the building site. I like that just his letter is shown as at leaves it up to the imagination what kind of things The boss wrote to John about. I have answered some of the mystery with things like 'I hope you can reconsider inviting me back for Bring your cartoon to work day' and a list of things he is apologising for. 

 I kept the writing quite playful and included simple sentences rather then the usual formal apology. I spilt tea on the paper in connection to him spilling the coffee over in work. I would have used coffee but I didnt want ot make it to dark as to not see the writing. I also burnt some of the paper with a lighter again to prove how clumsy this cartoon is. I finally wrote a PS on the back saying sorry once again for the state of the letter.

On the page I have included photogrpahic evidence of Johns cartoon mesing up and the original image of him climbing up to touch the building.

Sketchbook pages together, I