Character Inspiration
Today I have had the idea (and necessity) to choose some form of an art mentor for each of my three characters. By this I mean I have chosen and artists or art movement for each of my characters that best reflects the style and/or feel I am aiming for.
The Minotaur
For The Minotaur I have chosen Pablo Picasso. I have chosen him (not surprisingly) for his cubist paintings. The main reason I chose him is because of his portraits. I believe that his depictions of people with his cubist fashion is quite similar to what I want to achieve with The Minotaur, I will of course be a little more constrained by proportions but in terms of how I have already been trying to draw The Minotaur's face, it seems like a perfect fit. Below are some paintings by Picasso that are the ones I fins most inspiring for my own character.
Portrait of Dora Maar, 1937 by Pablo Picasso
Portrait of Sabartes, 1939 by Pablo Picasso
Tete d'une Femme Lisant (Head of a Woman Reading), 1953 by Pablo Picasso
Bather with Beach Ball, 1932 by Pablo Picasso
Minotaur with Dead Mare in front of a Cave, 1936 by Pablo Picasso
As you can see, I have selected images that experiment with proportions the most. These images have good silhouettes and I think would look good on a vase in a Greek style. The way that he draws the faces flat in a lot of his paintings is a key element that I have been playing with for The Minotaur. I'm sure the influence of Picasso will be evident in my final designs. I only put the last image there because Picasso actually did his own versions of The Minotaur and was prolific with his works relating to him.
Hunger
For Hunger I have chosen Anastasios Gionis as my inspiration for her.
I do not own any of these images below.
I do not own any of these images below.
©2013-2016 Mavros-Thanatos
Birdman
Cyclops
Ghost Girl v2.0
Hanging
Painted Eyes
Quad Demon
I don't think I have to say much to relate the works above to my character of Hunger. I couldn't quite find an artist who creates images in the style that I have been doing for Hunger, so I have found an artists who creates disturbing characters to inspire my designs of Hunger...if i make any more drastic changes to her. It is worth noting though that I put this artists work on my blog in the form of a link earlier this semester, so I would say that his works have been in the back of my mind when I have been working on Hunger.
The Arch Rogue
Finally, for The Arch Rogue, I have decided upon Art Deco as my inspiration. This has worked out quite well because from the beginning of semester 2 I have been drawing him with bold shapes which is a key aspect of the Art Deco movement.
The historian Bevis Hillier described Art Deco in his book (Art Deco of the 20's and 30's, 1968), "an assertively modern style ran to symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than the curviliniear; it responded to the demands of the machine and of the new material the requirements of mass production".
Rodolfo Reyes ©2009-2016 rodolforever
So you might be wondering why I have chosen Art Deco as my main influence for The Arch Rogue designs. If anything, it has been more of a coincidence, I started my refined designs using very triangular shapes to imply that the character was steady on his feet (since the triangles would make it seem like he is balancing on the tip). So it made sense for me to look into Art Deco, and since looking at it I have been wanting to implement it even more into my own character. I have the thought of taking my final character and doing an alternative design where I heavily use machines as my inspiration...Art Deco was based around machines mainly and The Arch Rogue is a German Tale...so it would fit the character as an alternative design.
Summary
Now that I have these key inspirations for each of my characters, I have a clearer vision than before for their direction. This especially goes for The Arch Rogue and The Minotaur. I feel a new breath of life has been injected into my designs for them with this new direction.
The historian Bevis Hillier described Art Deco in his book (Art Deco of the 20's and 30's, 1968), "an assertively modern style ran to symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than the curviliniear; it responded to the demands of the machine and of the new material the requirements of mass production".
A tile for bathrooms
Michael Pacitti
Blue Hunter (Deviantart)
Summary
Now that I have these key inspirations for each of my characters, I have a clearer vision than before for their direction. This especially goes for The Arch Rogue and The Minotaur. I feel a new breath of life has been injected into my designs for them with this new direction.
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