“I can say what I like, but I shall never know why people write and how it is people don’t write. In life, there comes a time, and I think it is total, that we cannot escape, where we doubt everything: that doubt is writing.”
Marguerite Duras
READING
Reading is a way of seeing and seeing is a way of reading.
Past the initial attraction of an image, a bit of text or sound lies the questions: why is it immediately attractive, does it have a lasting appeal, and if so, what sustains it? What components, steps and tricks were used to achieve that quality? Were they deliberate or accidental? If it’s the latter, can they be replicated convincingly?
Remember, that reading is a skill, and as such, it should be developed and maintained.
Don’t think of reading as a preliminary process, think of it as part of your work, as important as the drawings that will follow.
ASSIGNMENT 6: A STUDY IN STYLE
Pick a piece from your inspiration folder and an piece from one of your classmate's inspiration folder.
Re-create the first piece in the style of the second piece.
This assignment is less about producing an attractive illustration, and more about studying and understanding the way other artists work. Try to pick two styles that aren't close to each, in medium, style and cultural background.
Note that you only have two sessions for this assignments, rather than the usual three.
Format: any format.