drawing sessions

The frames above are taken from film stills. I used oil pastels and had 1 -2 minutes to get as much information from the frame as possible.

All these are just practice drawings using different techniques, media and paper size. We were given different words like structure, heat and strength and we had to try to depict these words in different ways whilst looking at just one photo. 

Eggs

Just something I decided to start drawing for some reason 

These are the final set of images I created using lino prints. The concept was to use accurate imagery of whales on the surface of each piece and as you unfold them it unveils the monsterous creature. I think the images work but would have had more impact if they were blown up to a huge scale and with a bigger expanse of black. 

I am looking at deep sea creatures, and their mysterious presence being similar to that of the whale in the book. They are living down in the darkest parts of the sea but only few have the opportunity to see them first hand. I have started taking certain parts of some of the fish and creating new species. Also gives me the excuse to watch all of David Attenborough's planet earth and deep sea series !

I made this mock picture book, with the idea of depicting the whale in any way you want to. Each body part fits into the one behind or infront, so you can create your own monster. Also with this I wanted to maybe play with the fact that Moby Dick is a complex read, with the language used and also within the structure of the book. So I think maybe this layout could appeal to kids but also be informative as each of the designs are taken from histories depiction of the whale. My worry with this though is that it doesnt have the right impact, in that the whale has the gargantuan presence and the books aesthetics do not match this. I think if I continue this idea I will have to mess about with the weight of the pages and the size of the book perhaps.

I decided to concentrate on the whale and how it is present throughout the book yet is only glimpsed at, with no real truth to what it really looked like. So i decided to research into representation of whales throughout history, and throughout different eras. They have this mythological, monsterous quality in most of the depictions. Huge in scale but always shown with talons and mouth fulls of teeth. 

After collecting a good amount of drawings to reference back to, our brief was now to choose an aspect of the book and create either a series of drawings, a short animation/film or series of 3D objects. I went to a comic book workshop to get me going. This is my first attempt at one, I started off by picking an exciting/interesting section of text, and used my reference drawings to create characters and the whole scene. I'm quite happy with the outcome I think it captures the text and tells you something more than what your reading.