You Are Here: Flame Study

Flame studies

Short animation of flame study

Authors own

Looking into the movement of flames made me realise just how unpredictable their movements can be. It is all to do with the movement of air around the flame. I feel I successfully recorded the nature of the flame in my animation above. However, its movements are too erratic to feature in my final animation. I will definitely use subtle movements for the flame, with a warm orange glow as it naturally would be if a flame were lit in the underground. 

You Are Here: Visiting Cannon Street Station

Photos I took whilst at Cannon Street

Sketches and recordings made at Cannon Street Station

All photos are authors own

Going to Cannon Street and taking time to get in touch with the area, study it, delving into its finest details was a really fascinating experience and it provoked many potential ideas. I found this way of working to be really successful in generating ideas. A great way to become inspired. As I sat just watching, listening and experiencing the ambiance my brain was already working up potential narratives. It was also a really good opportunity just to do some drawing and study mundane life. However, I did find the whole experience rather exhausting and I barely left the station as I wanted to explore it before going out on the street. Although, I think it would be quite interesting just to concentrate on the station. More specifically, the underground.

Graphics: View Finder

I made a 2cmx2cm view finder and sectioned of an area of the collage featured in the previous post. I then enlarged the area x10 in my sketchbook and created a mixed media (collage, pencil, pen and oil pastel) study of it. I really liked the process and outcome of this exercise, mostly because it gave me an opportunity to develop my existing ideas and in turn allowed me to create a strong, graphic piece. 

Experimenting with frames: 4

This is a much busier frame, depicting more detail. It definitely has an earthier feel, coming across as more of a study than anything else.