Illustration animation

 

Everything is designed. Whether it be grown or crafted. It draws together into the set that is the world. I am continuously inspired by my surroundings. I see story’s and what’s not there. I can imagine something new and something old. I want to share these stories I wish to tell them with whatever I can make.

 

I can look to the past for inspiration such as ancient methods of storytelling such as cave paintings and sculptures. Artists such as Francis Bacon, Egon Schiele and Vincent Van Gogh creating expressionist art where emotion and subjective is valued over objective. In expressionist art the soul could be heard louder than before in still image such as Der Schrei der Natur (1893) Edvard Munch. Disturbing to this day, it could be argued that the swirling sky and lake are screaming along with the shocked androgynous figure in the foreground portraying Munch himself. This painting was disturbing for its time and to some it still is. Artist like Munch who were breaking normalities and societal values in their time are an ode to art today. What is considered art and its boundaries are something that is open to anyone today and I want to help do that by being transparent in my work and focusing on expressing myself. Respecting new movements and investigating the latest methods of expressionism and other art movements are important to building a palette of storytelling tools which I am eager to venture for.

 

Artists today such as Yayoi Kusuma who has produced work from the sixties to today is an example of art thriving through the everchanging art scene. She was ahead of her time moving from traditional Japanese art style nihonga to then being inspired by America’s abstract impressionism scene to her now diverse mediums in contemporary artDirector Wes Anderson’s discography of films are artworks. These include his motifs of symmetrical frames, limited and slightly off-colour palette, often portraying children characters as the mature adults by use of smart clothing and confident body language contradicting his slightly disarranged adults. I will be an auteur of my own in illustration animation and I will define my style through motifs and skills developed through continuous expanding and learning. I will experiment like my idols and carry on igniting my imagination for the sake of sharing because I think this is the most important thing to do.

 

Communicating through images is very important for the imagination and I think the mass majority people this resonates with is children. They are usually the target audience for animation and I’m not surprised. Animation films are visually appealing and often have very linear and understandable narratives that are engaging and easier to comprehend than their verbal or written dialogue. I think it’s important to make sure those creating these stories have a positive influence on their growth as a person.

I was a cub scout young leader for two years with children ages ranging from 7 ½ to 11 helping them have fun developing communication and creativity simple skills needed for life. I am inspired by the children’s desire for independence and I hope that they can nurture their awe of the world and build their forms of communication such as through art with help from creative tools that I have been able to share through what I make.

 

I studied film studies at A Level and I’m currently studying on a foundation art and design course and I want to combine what I have learnt and what I am currently learning; my habitual drawing with my passion of film.