Final Blog (Concentrations 9-12)

Concentration #9

Concentration #10

Concentration #11

Concentration #12

*The central idea of my concentration is still Flight. With these last four works, I progress and end the story. I showed how the creature overcomes the last obstacle and learns how to fly.

*I am most proud of my own progress throughout the year. At the beginning, my stuff kind of looked lazy and put together without much thought, and I'm not going to claim that my stuff looks great now, but it looks much better. I am happy to have taken this class.

Concentration 3 Edit

Concentration #3 Revision

I edited it! Though I never thought it was that good either way...

Concentrations 5 to 8

Concentration #5

Concentration #6

Concentration #7

Concentration #8

*The central idea of my concentration is still the story of Flight. Through these four works, I am progressing through the dragon's story as well as filling in parts to let you get a better understanding of what happened in between the beginning artworks. I'm hoping the story shows growth of the creature, as well as how it struggles to get free of the subterranean "cage" and gain the ability to fly (though in the 8th artwork, it shows that it is unable to fly, and resorts to crawling around on all fours)

*The 5th artwork is really the only one that truly progresses the story, while the other three are just used to fill in blanks in the story (the 6th one shows how it fell from its perch, the 7th one shows how the creature was forcefully hatched, and the 8th one shows how it began on its way to the tree, which might be the only way out of the "cage" without flying). The works demonstrate exploration of my idea by showing how it was flung from its home, then broken free of (symbolically) its 'other' home as well as its 'first' prison. Also showing that even though it is out of its 'first' prison, it must find a means of escape from its 'second' prison.

Resources for 5 and 6

For 5 and 6, the flying creature (dragon) will be climbing up a giant tree which has grown wrapped around a giant stalagmite, in hopes of getting back up to the surface. I'll color the parts that are the vegetation  and the giant stalagmite because the light breaking in through the cave's ceiling will be enough to distinguish colors.

The 5th one will have the tree and stalagmite with the light shining onto it along with some birds and/or insects fluttering around it. The dragon will be some ways off looking at this giant spectacle, yet still dwarfed by it.

The 6th will be a close up of the baby dragon as it tries to climb its way up to the surface, which will be the escape from its second "prison", the first being the egg.

Concentration 3 and 4

Concentration #3

Concentration #4

*These works relate to my central idea because they continue to chronicle the story of the egg from my first two works. In the 3rd concentration the egg has reached the bottom of the chasm and hatched into some creature, and seems to be preyed upon by many different other creatures. In the 4th concentration the creature uses an odd power to "light the dark". The reason behind why these artworks have little to no color in them is because I wanted to show how dark it was inside of the cave, so much so that you wouldn't be able to see anything in color unless there was light coming in from the outside.

*I believe I have shown growth by getting better at showing my shading with pencil, as well as better establishing my light source. Also, even though this is a fictional world I'm portraying the creature in, I made the mistake in 2 and 3 to make it look abstract, to the point where you wouldn't be able to understand what you were looking at.

Concentration 2

Concentration #2

The egg falling through a fissure in the misty earth.

Concentration 1/ Explanations for Concentrations 1 & 2

Concentration #1

*These first two works demonstrate my central idea because they begin to tell the story of the flying creature. The creature begins to break out of it's first prison; the egg. In the 2nd concentration, it's violent shaking makes it fall into yet another prison, which won't be so easy to 'break out of'.

*What I feel is successful about each is that I was able to better show the scenes I made in my rough drafts better then how they looked at first. Also because I feel like the story is transitioning nicely. 

*They connect because in both I used chalk pastel, as well as they chronicle the egg's story. They show growth because they are the finalization of the idea I had in the first place.

*The goals I have for my next few works is to continue to show the creature's growth, as well as more openly voice the meanings behind the artworks.