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Art Portfolio: Storyboard

In class, we continue the topic in regards to character drawing. This time, storyboard. A very useful skill in terms of creating the idea for: presenting a product, a story and illustrate... a poem.

For my progression route, I could choose a poem or graffiti. 

I came with the idea that the best way is to explore some English poems because I like reading them in my mother tongue. I did not have much time, I picked the first website with a collection of poems.

There I can browse by subjects. I picked a Beat period. And the Kaufman's poem came up, titled Believe, Believe.


''Believe in this. Young apple seeds,
In blue skies, radiating young breast,
Not in blue-suited insects,
Infesting society’s garments.
 
Believe in the swinging sounds of jazz,
Tearing the night into intricate shreds,
Putting it back together again,
In cool logical patterns,
Not in the sick controllers,
Who created only the Bomb.
 
Let the voices of dead poets
Ring louder in your ears
Than the screechings mouthed
In mildewed editorials.
Listen to the music of centuries,
Rising above the mushroom time.''
(Kaufman, 1996)

First, I started from sketch the first 'block' with title. Then I drawn the main characters 'young apple seeds'.
The right top corner with NOT was only for drawing purpose. I wanted to express that (according to the text) this place is not for 'blue insects'.
The presentation was helpful. From time to time I looked at types of angles. Without them, I am sure that I could not reach that effect. But still, there is a lot to work on. I need to take more time to understand how to show my way of a view.

The work flow was pleasant, oboviously pictures I took in bad light. (night)

                                                     
I was terrified when it came to using the ink pen. I was worry that I destroy the effect. Otherwise, I did not have a wide range of tip sizes. Only three :/ 

        
I still will be updating the look of this piece. Because I still waiting for more ink pens.

I admit I did not keep the composition. In the end, I saw that it took me more space in comparison to the upper part. I can't fix it now. But next time, I will try to keep more attention to the sketch and overall look.


Resources:

Kaufman, B., 1996. Believe, Believe by Bob Kaufman | Poetry Foundation. [online] Poetry Foundation. Available at: <https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55714/believe-believe> [Accessed 16 February 2021].


Comments

  1. Sam Dargan20 February 2021 at 22:58

    This seems to be an approach to create a visual narrative that suits you - perhaps you should consider using this as a way of organising your ideas for your project. Also, in this small piece you have created a really effective visual language that works very well. did you find out any background information about Bob Kaufmann that you could add to this post?

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