I know that a
lot of people are concerned about what they wanted to do for their Final Major
Project in the third year, and that project is what will determine what you
want to do for a career and artist. To me, whilst it’s something that I am
looking forward to, will be the opportunity to express with my works what I
want to do as an artist. I have a few ideas floating around, though I am not
fixed on one idea to go forward just yet, as I want to be open minded on the
things I could potentially do for FMP. There are three ideas I have in mind and
they are of:
1. Re-imagining childhood drawings and
their worlds.
Taking drawings
I have done over the years that had led me to this point. These drawings can be
of doodles, sketches, characters or anything I had done throughout my years of
education and free time. Using these as a starting point or reference to
re-imagine these drawings collectively to create an imaginary world together.
2. A-Z list of an imaginative world I
create.
Create a world
of my own and produce a list (A-Z) that are of characters, scenery, sequence,
creatures or themes of that world.
3. Stand-alone and collective
illustrations that shares the same universe.
Create a world
of my own, and produce several illustrations that can work as a standalone
piece individually, as well as being able to be part of a collective with other
illustrations that can loosely create a story with one another together.
At this moment
I am leaning towards my 3rd idea of creating several illustrations
that are standalone, yet can be part of a collective with other illustrations,
such as character portraits, creatures, scenery or sequence, that draws up a
loose story of its universe and its events. Although, I would probably go back
to my drawings I had did in the past, at the time I considered it all as a
hobby, to get some reference as to what I always liked to draw.
I have mixed
feelings whether to approach the project as concept art, or as an illustrative
project, because there are a few things that I liked from both, and things that
I don’t like from the two.
First of all, I
always had interests in concept art, and I had studied it in my previous
university for a short time. I always thought that concept art was about
designing cool characters, but that is what I thought in the past. After
realising that concept art is much more than just producing fancy characters,
it is more of a ‘design’ subject, and to break into the industry is really
hard, considering you need to master the skills of anatomy, perspective,
colour, etc. Majority of the concept art I had looked into (the higher tiers of
concept art) are heavily influenced to semi realism in terms of style, in which
I do not want to go towards.
I always wanted
to do something illustrative, yet at the same time concept art, and I always
wanted to pick a few things from it and apply it to illustrative works to
paint, it’s more of a mixture between the two than being one or the other. With
an art style I’m currently honing to improve, I want my art style to be my
voice, a visual voice to welcome viewers to my world of imagination and
characters, and that’s is what I like about digital illustration. This can open
up opportunities to get some work sold as prints, which I do like about.
For concept
art, the only thing I like from it is the presentation of artworks. The
presentation of character portraits, as well as the graphic texts that are
there to accommodate the illustration, is something I’m trying to work on at
the moment, as it brings out that professional standard to showcase your
artwork. This is more to do with online posting/web browsing, but it is
noteworthy to know how to present at the right standard.
Judging from
what I like about the two, I would want to blend my artistic style for
illustrative outcomes with the professionalism of presentation from concept art
for portfolios and online posting.
To clarify what
I wanted to do, I will choose the 3rd idea as my starting point. I
always wanted to create my own world with characters that I can freely design,
and sceneries I like to draw to feel fantastical and inspirational, its lore
and its universe. This will most likely be my FMP, but this can change
throughout the course of the project.
