Workshop based on the 4 illustrations we did. Learning to make a new image from 4 existing images.
The first brief consisted in creating four illustrations inspired by brief encounters. In class, we had to analyse the four illustration from the first brief and deconstruct it.
We had to create new material based on our existing material, we had to reinvent/reinterpret our previous material. Each piece had to be rethink and analyse in its structure, content, composition, shapes or element. We had to take what was working in the previous illustration and mix it with elements from the others. It required to create distance with past work and find another perspective.
It was a positive experience to rethink and recreate the work. It helped to be open to new ways of approaching my work and help me be critical of it: I recognised what was working in the illustration, what wasn’t and what could I reuse. Though, if my work had a more sentimental value to me, I would have been afraid of showing it or thought I would destroy it.
Deconstructing requires to take apart you work, and so it allows you to understand more your work and to go deeper into its development. Though, it is tough to find a balance between the first draft, that might have a certain energy to it, and the new perspective you are bringing in the work.
As I approach an image now, I realise a smaller version of it and try to find different point of view or composition from the original idea. I also try to find what would be the best way to convey the emotion or the message I want to say. The first shape the illustration takes is not necessarily the best one and deconstructing the idea, then reconstructing it helps to develop the idea in a better way.
I stole the spider leg, the squirrel paws, even though you can barely see it, the colours from Miro’s library, and the composition of Inktober to create the image for this workshop.