Tutorial with Teresa
Discussed my progress - keeping up with everything. Blog LITTLE and OFTEN (sorry for writing too much/waffling). I'm struggling with a bad cough, BOOK A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT!
Work on COP blog. Continue ENGAGING with the tasks.
SPOOKINESS, GOTHIC, LOW KEY PALETTE. The mid-century illustrators I've been looking at use a high-key palette - is it low or high I want to use?
Anxiety got to me and I was very fidgety/teary by the end of the tutorial and I feel really bad for being this way and ruining the tutorial (I didn't say much/didn't feel I was 'there/felt distant') but I do think I am getting better. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE CRIED AT UNI SINCE STARTING BACK SO I THINK I'M DOING OKAY. NO PANIC ATTACK EITHER! I wobbled a little but I was anticipating that with having a one-to-one tutorial.
Being professional doesn't mean you have to punish yourself for being you/being human. Just try again next time.
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Teresa suggested I looked at David Roberts. Similar tone to Edward Gorey, but a little more modern and predominantly CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
Some bright and cute children's books but it's his illustrations for TALES OF TERROR that really hooked me because of their dark and macabre tone (similar to Poe/Gorey), but aimed at children. This is how I want to tackle the Printed Pictures brief, in taking dark themes but twisting them into spooky tales for kids.
Roberts has a background in fashion design - evident in his use of pattern, surface and costume. Dramatic, theatrical illustrations achieved through this Burton-esque process of making pictures as though they are stages/scenes.
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Reminds me of Alicja's work (http://a-golec1518-sp.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/visual-narratives-final-outcome.html) very gaunt, undead, fashionable characters.
The illustrations in Tales of Terror use JUST BLACK AND WHITE, a monotone pit of ink. I wonder if using JUST ONE MORE COLOUR would ruin the ghostly atmosphere of Roberts's work?
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'Well written, well-paced and accompanied by perfect creepy illustrations, this is a wonderful book for children who like to be spooked!'
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/view/30377
EXACTLY WHAT I AM AIMING FOR.
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