Tittle: Phobia
Medium: Water color and markers on illustration paper Size: 10 by 13 in This artwork was made with the intention to show the fear of the ocean or big bodies of water, also known as thalassophobia. One of my inspirations to create this piece was the Jaws movie, specially its illustration.The mediums used for this work where water colors and markers which were bought. |
Inspiration
Pop Art Art Movement
Pop art emerged in the mid to late 1950s mostly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.
Pop art emerged in the mid to late 1950s mostly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.
PlanningFor my planning I wanted to create a monster from the sea. I came up with this idea as I remembered the movie called JAWS. I sketched out my idea and came up with what medium I would be using for this artwork. My idea was to do what my inspiration did but instead of a shark I would be making a giant octopus. This came to mind as I I would be using water color paint and some markers for this project.
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ExperimentationFor my experimentation, I grabbed a piece of illustration board and started blending the watercolor paint I would use such as blue and black. I noticed that the more layers you apply of water color paint, the more hard the color looks. I also tried and see if you could add a different color of watercolor on top of another color without messing up of fading away the color below the second watercolor. I found out that as long as it was completely dry you could add a second watercolor on top without damaging the way the first watercolor looked on the bottom layer of the picture. Another thing i did was experiment with the thickness of some markers I had. I planned on going in with some black markers do add details to my artwork. Just in case the black markers started to bleed after adding watercolors on top, I tested this out in a separate piece of illustration paper.
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Process
I started this project by finding an inspiration for my work. I came up with using some work of Roy Lichtenstein who is a pop art artist and mixing it with the movie called JAWS. After I planned out what I would do I grabbed a 10 in by 13 in piece of illustration board and started using a ruler and a pencil to create a grid.
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Once my sketch was completed I started to see how the watercolors worked. I started to do different shades of the colors and tried mixing the colors to obtain a color I wanted. I also checked if the ink from the black markers would bleed if I added watercolor paint on top of it, and thankfully it did not bleed.After I created the grid I started sketching my idea into the paper. At first I thought that I would not have to sketch all the details but later in the project I had to create the details.
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When I started painting I started by painting the sky. I used gray and a little bit of black watercolor paint. After I painted the sky I started painting the giant octopus and using different shades of the color as it was too bright for my liking. Once I had a decent amount of dark color on the octopus, I went along with a marker and added detail to the octopus such as texture and some eyes. After I added this texture I waited for it to dry up so I could go in with more of the color of the octopus to add layers. After this was dry I mixed some black with some blue so I could create a color to paint the ocean.
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I wanted the ocean to have some darkness at the very bottom of the artwork therefore I used a light blue at first. I had to wait in between adding blue because if the paper got to wet it would mess up the dark red color of the purple. After I added the blue I used some grey and black watercolor paint to make the bottom of the painting darker.I noticed that it did not go as planned as the paint started to bleed all over the place. This mean that I had to use a light blue layer and be careful. Then I added a darker layer of blue. As I kept going the ocean started to look better. I finished off by adding some clouds and little details in the character and on the boat.
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Critique
Similarities
Some similarities include the use of red in my piece to attract the viewers eyes to the color. I used the color for the persons jacket as hes the most important object in my artwork. For Blam the word "Blam" is red and it also attracts the viewers eyes. Another similarity can be the format used in the pieces. In the Jaws illustration you can see the giant shark going for a woman that swimming. While on my work there is a guy sitting on a little boat and there is a giant octopus trying to reach for him. |
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Differences
Some clear differences from the artworks include the use of color. While my painting has more cool colors, the other pieces which are the Jaws illustration and the Blam have more warm colors and only one tine of the colors.Another difference can be the mediums used to create the pieces. I used watercolors and markers on illustration board while Blam used oil paints on canvas. |
Reflection
As I worked on this project I refined my skills as I worked with watercolors. This was one medium I had used before but not to create a piece based on the watercolors. I also refined my technique for using watercolors as there was a lot of trial and error that happened in this painting therefore I got knowledge on things that I could and could not do using watercolor. My inspiration does connect to my work as I was trying to do an illustration just like the JAWS illustration. Both artworks are connected as they have similar placements of their objects and the same kind of format. I hope others see my work and see the fear of being stranded in the ocean.
ACT QUESTIONS
Clearly explain how you are able to identify the cause effect relationship between your inspiration and its effect on your artwork?
My inspirations where Roger Kastel creator of the Jaws movie illustration and Roy Lichtenstein. These two inspiration inspire my work as I did an illustration of a monster in the water just like the Jaws illustration.
What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
Thalassophobia which consist of being scared of the ocean or or fearing the deep water can cause you to
What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, culture, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
If you use the watercolors correctly you can add a lot of details to you artwork as well as depht.
What is the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?.
Everyone should try to get over their fears.
What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
Depth can be crucial in an artwork and you can create depth using some watercolors.
Bibliography:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9QhQ_1d_SU
Clearly explain how you are able to identify the cause effect relationship between your inspiration and its effect on your artwork?
My inspirations where Roger Kastel creator of the Jaws movie illustration and Roy Lichtenstein. These two inspiration inspire my work as I did an illustration of a monster in the water just like the Jaws illustration.
What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
Thalassophobia which consist of being scared of the ocean or or fearing the deep water can cause you to
What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, culture, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
If you use the watercolors correctly you can add a lot of details to you artwork as well as depht.
What is the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?.
Everyone should try to get over their fears.
What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
Depth can be crucial in an artwork and you can create depth using some watercolors.
Bibliography:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9QhQ_1d_SU