3 Portraits Connected to 1 image
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OLD – IDEA #1
Idea: Working on hair. Creating 1 image through emphasis on 3 different portraits highlighting the struggle for maintaining hair that is long and healthy. Influenced by subject of Ukiyo-e folk tales.
Research Examples:
Kawanabe Kyosai: Focus on fur texture
Suzuki Horonobu: Focus on linear shapes
Utagawa Toyokuni: Focus on linear shapes and textures
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Practice:
Portrait #1: Bathing
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- Torii Kotondo
- Hashiguchi Goyo
- Hashiguchi Goyo
Portrait #2: Brushing
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- Torii Kotondo
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- Hashiguchi Goyo
Portrait #3: Cutting
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- Hashiguchi Goyo
- Hashiguchi Goyo
- Kitagawa Utamaro
Texture Play
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NEW – IDEA #2
Concept: Working on self-tension. Creating one triptych through emphasis on three different portraits highlighting the struggle for decision making and consequences of these decisions in the “eyes” of self-analysis. Influenced by subject of Ukiyo-e geisha portraits.
Research Examples:
Katsushika Hokusai: Focus on color contrast
Toyohara Kunichika: Focus on vibrant colors
- Museo Pambata
- Utamaro Kitagawa
- Utamaro Kitagawa
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Layout Ideas of Triptych:
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- Favored layout: Number 2.
Style Practice:
- Joe Cruz:
My Sketch:
2. Henrietta Harris
My Sketch:
3. Nicholas Jacobsen
My Sketch:
- Favored artists: Inspirations by Joe Cruz and Nicholas Jacobsen.
Building Upon the Favored Artists:
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- Favored Image: Number 3.
1st Draft:
- Errors to improve:
- Centering of the body on the page.
- Retaking photos to improve posture, eye level and expressions of model.
- Focus needs to be on the center portrait given by the 2 differing portraits.
2nd Draft & Final:
- Individual images:
Left:
Center:
Right: