Excellent process here Keri. Sorry for the delay in responding to these. I think that what comes across in the drawings here is a monumental, statuesque quality. This may derive from the simplicity of the initial drawings, perhaps? Out of all the designs from these posts, for me the colour developments 1, 2 and 6 seem the most characterful - in that the subtle but colourful flourish of fabric which hangs from the belt is a distinctive 'moment' and therefore would set the character apart from the others - likewise the chunky belt in number 2. The sensitivity and work in these final designs - the patterning - is also a delight. To my eye though the image of Mr Ham looks feminine. I'll present all of these ideas at the meeting in a couple of weeks time and see what the response is. My sense is that those initial colour developments really had something in their characterful-ness that needs to be retained. I wonder, perhaps, if the patterning here might need toning down so that those distinctive 'moments' in the colour development can come through.
Excellent process here Keri. Sorry for the delay in responding to these.
ReplyDeleteI think that what comes across in the drawings here is a monumental, statuesque quality. This may derive from the simplicity of the initial drawings, perhaps?
Out of all the designs from these posts, for me the colour developments 1, 2 and 6 seem the most characterful - in that the subtle but colourful flourish of fabric which hangs from the belt is a distinctive 'moment' and therefore would set the character apart from the others - likewise the chunky belt in number 2.
The sensitivity and work in these final designs - the patterning - is also a delight. To my eye though the image of Mr Ham looks feminine.
I'll present all of these ideas at the meeting in a couple of weeks time and see what the response is. My sense is that those initial colour developments really had something in their characterful-ness that needs to be retained. I wonder, perhaps, if the patterning here might need toning down so that those distinctive 'moments' in the colour development can come through.