So I started looking around-
I've looked at pictures from Troy, and I've got some photos which have been quite helpful. See below.
My deadline is to have 6 finalized designs by Tuesday 19th January. In time for the modelling stage.
Here are some the drawings of my statue designs:
Here I'm mapping out on paper my thoughts as to the poses, not the actual bodily features that kind of thing (see evaluation of myself). Particularly with the right page, there isn't enough evidence of weight, which is something that I have been struggling with.
Again, attempting to show the force around the shoulder and back area as well as the front leg (leg closest to pitch fork). My idea behind this was to have the greek god Posiedon standing over his kill with his pitchfork stabbed in to his enemy. I don't feel that this drawing shows enough dynamic force and the fact that the drawing is disproportionate doesn't help either.
Throughout this time I was using The Human Figure in Motion by Edward Muybridge and Anatomy Drawing School by Andras Szunyoghy and Gyorgy Feher. i struggled with Muybridges book because they weren't the exact poses I was after. Anatomy Drawing School was useful because it helped me identify the muscle shape and their locations.
Again trying to get weight and following a digital tutors tutorial on drawing legs. The lesson was about starting off with primitive shapes and then building off on the top of that.
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I've been giving the story to our environment some more thought and in order to fit in to the rotten and grungy textury theme.
Here's the storyline:
The Greek god Apollo, was unhappy with the worship he was receiving from this town. So he let loose a disease in the form of a vine. This vine would latch on to anything, and releases a toxin. For organic material, such as fruit, veg and fish it would make it go rancid and then rotten. Hard surface materials like buildings and statues it makes the material crumble and fragile, thereby affecting it's structural integrity.
This "curse" as the towns people have called it, is believed to install fear in to the population and for Apollo to receive the worship he desires.
From this story, in my drawings I'll add the vines on so that it can be clearly seen what I have in mind.
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I've also started looking at the art of Prince of Persia. Some really inspiring art work. Particularly for textures.
What I like about this picture is that you can see the brushes and brush strokes they have used on this painting. I can see where the light is coming from and it's affect on the environment that this prince is in.
I like the dirt and darkness of the textures and the whole mood of the scene. I will use this on my concepts for the statues and storyboard.
I like the camera angle, architecture, the pots on the floor, sephia hue to the whole picture and the lighting washes out sections of the objects here which contributes to the mood.
Clear sign of weight and force here. I am realising now that I am going to have to exaggerate my drawings in order to show force and weight. I also like the pose, defensive and a good reference for statue poses. Colours are really nice and fit in to our colour scheme. What I also like, is this patchy style to the background. Also the pose allows your eye to follow up the princes body leading to the upper body and face, which has more detail than the rest of the painting.
Evaluation of myself.
I think I am being too cautious at the moment and I need to have my own reference photos of me in those poses that way I have research taylored to my needs.
I also need to do quicker drawings, rough stick figures and silhouettes, not caring about detail. This way I can have many designs so that I can have a choice on what to go for.
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