William Kentridge style animation. Basically the process is: draw -> photograph -> rub it out -> draw again -> photograph it again -> rub it out etc, etc. It was a very, very long drawn out process. But I do quite like the results. This drawing looks good and the actual animation I now have is pretty interesting.
Took a clock apart in the Easter holidays and here's what I got out of it! I'm thinking about using the pieces in the actual collage I'll make... Well possibly. I assume I'll need to use super-glue to get it to stick down, ahaha.
Julia advised that I take photos of people I know to work onto. I assume she meant I'll collage on top of the actual face. I can see why that would be effective - actually having the form and shape of the face to work with and it'll be a lot, lot easier. Well, if that's what she meant. That's what I've envisaged anyway...
This is the first still from my new animation. It took only one day and was done in 6 frames. I'm pretty sure the first animation took (about) three days and was made from 20+ drawings/frames. So I think I've learnt a lot from the first time around! I also think it's a pretty big improvement. I've cut it down and made it a lot simpler, but I think it's still effective.
Yesterday I decided I should probably see what my animations look like when they're projected - since that is sort of the plan! I really, really like the bottom one... But my teacher prefers the top one. Typical! Pretty much everyone else agrees with me though, so I'm pretty sure I'll go with that. Haha.
So my plans right now are to get a couple of those portraits blown up to a really huge size. Then I'll have to position those up on the wall and see where the animation could work on the face. Once that's decided, I'll mark out where on the portrait the animation will be. THEN I CAN START COLLAGING. WOO. Ahaha. Hopefully this all goes to plan, otherwise I'll go mad!
