I was feeling at a loss of ideas, so took this image which had been previously well received:
and painted it with gouache. Just to make something!
This style was mostly a mistake. I wasn't sure how to blend gouache in the right way to mimic screen printing inks so tried to create an overlay by creating an almost negative effect when the black and the white (stock) met. I had arranged some shapes but was careless and accidentally painted over some, so turned them into even more shapes to cover this up!
Concerned about the flatness I added some brushstrokes to the image too. In the above one I felt they looked a little too static so in the next followed the curvature of the figures.
I'm trying to not just draw moody faces all the time, even if that is what Murakami says to me! I want to push myself. I suppose this style is different to what I usually do but it's still been a lot about sad faces. I don't think I can be better until I am different.
I think they would be ideal for screen printing, or even lino, but they could also be animated. Being in the workshop about the animated sting made me realise that this is more about simplicity and moving images rather than something suited to a feature length animation. After seeing these Ben suggested I take another look at the Saul Bass film openings and how effective simple movement could be.
As I continued this project in an evening I got tired and smudged some paint. I decided that as it was already 'bad' I may as well experiment with it or just go a little looser! I do enjoy this style, the texture adds another dimension and I think it would still be screen-printable. But I wonder if these textures would upset the way I construct these shape images.
So far they have been good and I may make a few more but all in all I don't think I should get too caught up in this too soon, and maybe return to it later.
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