Step 1: Drawing the outline of the frame and bridge.
Figure 1: Photograph of a drawn frame presenting the second stage of the sequence.
In order to successfully replicate an object, one must include at least the basic physical components which characterize the model item and, possibly, try to reconvey the underlying message transmitted by the original. In this particular case, I have begun the process of replicating Jake’s object by drawing one photographic frame with a bridge illustrated within the confines of the frame: that is, within the potential photograph. I repeated this same process two more times: this time, however, demonstrating a progression whereby the bridge sequentially moves out of the enclosure set by the frame, as the third picture is reached.
Step 2: Drawing the outline of the animals
Figure 2: Photograph of the full drawing plane illustrating the completed outlines of the photographic frames and the surrounding animals.
Once the base for the sequence is established, I started to somewhat decorate the item with zoo animals, the same ones portrayed on the original object, attempting to vary, as much as possible, the liveliness and energy of the animals between each frame. In fact, as portrayed in Figure 2, the evolution in three dimensionality and animation is not only reflected by the slowly expanding bridge, but also reflected by the change in the position and realistic shapes and textural features of the zoo animals surrounding the frame.
Step 3: Filling in the outlines and cutting around each frame.
Figure 3: Photograph of the first almost completed frame.
Figure 4: Photograph of the first and second frames in process of completion.
Although my initial aim with this project was to create three different frames depicting the transition in the liveliness of the zoo animals, after having started to work on the third frame featured in Figure 2, I finally came to the realization that the two frames shown above, as a pair, successfully emphasize the idea of two contrasting perceptions about caged animals: that of youth (characterized by the frame on the left in Figure 4) and that of adulthood (represented by the frame on the right in the image above).
