Working Progress
Scene composition tests:
Scene 1 Scene 2
Scene 3 - chosen scene
Composition:
Layers: Foreground = Upturned lily pad
Layer 1 = Corner of sinking lily pad
Layer 3 = Central lily pad with fly catchers
Layer 4 = Trace with reflections
Background = Painted water
Layer 3 Layer 2
Material Testing:
Lily pad edge experiments with lace:
Creating the ribs :
Making the fly catchers:
Narrative:
In a world of their own, safe on the lily pad, the fly catchers had nothing to fear. Such beautiful, kind and unselfish plants; they fed only the weak and ill, never taking more than they needed.
The fly's looked onto the catchers as Gods and each fly craved to show their devotion. One by one the fly's dived willingly into the huge hungry mouths, determined to be the next sacrifice to their beloved heroes.
On and on the fly catchers ate, gorging on the never ending supply of fly's; slowly growing cruel and selfish. The fly catchers demanded more and MORE! Their bellies grew huge and a putrid stink erupted from their mouths...the lily pads below started to slowly sink...
As the catchers screamed for more food, there were no fly's to be seen. The now obese and disgusting plants had eaten every last one. The lily pad islands began to sag lower into the water, rotting under the layers of filth and vomit produced by the ravenous catchers.
Slowly, one by one, the lily pads tilted into the water, wishing to be free of their vile parasites. With a final swish they flipped over, drowning each catcher in the polluted water.
A calm fell over the water, as small friendly eyes emerged among the new lily pad world.
Your material tests are good, keep going with that just make sure that you are very rigorous in how you use all the different media and how they come together. How are all these textures going to come together? If it gets too busy, you will lose the clarity in detail.
ReplyDeleteYou really need to work on your composition. I would suggest to use the composition from the second image that you posted, with the overturned leaf at the back. At the moment there is very little depth. The 3 lily pads are too similar in size; you need to set up more of a visual hierarchy. This will also help you translate more of your narrative into the scene.
The background is too muddy and flat, go for something like the vivid reflective water that is in the 2nd image from your post that we liked.