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Tuesday 9 May 2017
Final conclusions
Mixed Martial Arts and Illustration.
I have leraned that to portray martial arts rightly it is important to make observational drawings. It is vital to analyse the different techniques, grips and movements so that they are correctly reflected in the drawings. Researching different martial arts and making experimental illustrations gave me time to improve my figure drawing and showed me which illustrative technique was the best to express martial arts through illustration. I tested out mediums and techniques like coloured pencils, paints, pencils, digital drawing, charcoal, collage and mixture of some of them together.
Reportage drawing from real life, was also very beneficial to understand mixed martial arts through illustration. It helped me to get a better idea of the way two figures move and how their bodies relate to each other during the fight. I was able to capture the sequence of the performed techniques and grips. Making drawings from real life and videos helped me to memorise the body proportions, the movement of the bodies and dynamics of the fight.
I have looked at various martial arts from Sumo wrestling that involves huge bodies to Wushu practised by a girl in a muslim region. Each martial art was different, some were more based on spirituality and rituals like the Mongolian wrestling, where as some were created for self defence for small and fragile humans like the jiu jitsu.
I visited the Pitt Rivers Museum to get a better idea of the history of fighting to help my research. The Samurai armour was impressive and it inspired me to create an interesting illustrative style that I used for my final artworks. The figures dressed in real samurai armour were stood in interesting light and shadow setting in the museum. This setting inspired me to make expressive charcoal drawings with heavy black shading, toning and white highlights.
I continued my research into martial arts and then decided to switch into working on a larger scale. When I was studying the Sumo martial arts, using larger scale paper was perfect to portray how big and scary these fighters are.I kept on using the charcoal technique that I have learned during my visit to Pitt Rivers Museum and it was becoming the perfect way to portraty the dramatic size and the facial expressions of the figures as well as toughness and danger in this sport.
I continued to make charcoal drawings from videos as well as my personal referenced photographs. I used photographs from my boyfriend's competitions as well as my friends who compete in mixed martial arts. I took some of the photogrpahs in the gym and made drawings from them. I also began to experiment with paints and looked into the expressionist movement, to help me convey the certain traits and ideas of fighting and fighters. One of my final pieces is an A3 painting of a fighter, I tried to use the paint and colours like red and yellow to show the energy and ferocity of the fight. The other final illustrations are done in charcoal and I tried to communicate elements like facial expressions that show focus or victory as well as how two fighting figures relate to each other and form composition. I also tried to illustrate the drama and the tougness of the fighting.
I have leraned that to portray martial arts rightly it is important to make observational drawings. It is vital to analyse the different techniques, grips and movements so that they are correctly reflected in the drawings. Researching different martial arts and making experimental illustrations gave me time to improve my figure drawing and showed me which illustrative technique was the best to express martial arts through illustration. I tested out mediums and techniques like coloured pencils, paints, pencils, digital drawing, charcoal, collage and mixture of some of them together.
Reportage drawing from real life, was also very beneficial to understand mixed martial arts through illustration. It helped me to get a better idea of the way two figures move and how their bodies relate to each other during the fight. I was able to capture the sequence of the performed techniques and grips. Making drawings from real life and videos helped me to memorise the body proportions, the movement of the bodies and dynamics of the fight.
I have looked at various martial arts from Sumo wrestling that involves huge bodies to Wushu practised by a girl in a muslim region. Each martial art was different, some were more based on spirituality and rituals like the Mongolian wrestling, where as some were created for self defence for small and fragile humans like the jiu jitsu.
I visited the Pitt Rivers Museum to get a better idea of the history of fighting to help my research. The Samurai armour was impressive and it inspired me to create an interesting illustrative style that I used for my final artworks. The figures dressed in real samurai armour were stood in interesting light and shadow setting in the museum. This setting inspired me to make expressive charcoal drawings with heavy black shading, toning and white highlights.
I continued my research into martial arts and then decided to switch into working on a larger scale. When I was studying the Sumo martial arts, using larger scale paper was perfect to portray how big and scary these fighters are.I kept on using the charcoal technique that I have learned during my visit to Pitt Rivers Museum and it was becoming the perfect way to portraty the dramatic size and the facial expressions of the figures as well as toughness and danger in this sport.
I continued to make charcoal drawings from videos as well as my personal referenced photographs. I used photographs from my boyfriend's competitions as well as my friends who compete in mixed martial arts. I took some of the photogrpahs in the gym and made drawings from them. I also began to experiment with paints and looked into the expressionist movement, to help me convey the certain traits and ideas of fighting and fighters. One of my final pieces is an A3 painting of a fighter, I tried to use the paint and colours like red and yellow to show the energy and ferocity of the fight. The other final illustrations are done in charcoal and I tried to communicate elements like facial expressions that show focus or victory as well as how two fighting figures relate to each other and form composition. I also tried to illustrate the drama and the tougness of the fighting.
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