December 2, 2013
ARTS
The Honors Herald
The Power of Details By Amandine Tristani, Contributor As far as I remember, I have always had a pen in my hand. As a child, I principally reproduced images or scenes I saw. Later on, I began to understand that drawing is not only about exactly reproducing what others did. It is also about reproducing their drawings in the way you see them.
A joyous drawing to celebrate the start of the fall 2013 semester.
Then came high school. I took many history classes and discovered satirical drawings. I became passionate about how innocent looking illustrations could have power in such a subtle way. It is fascinating to me how an image can have various meanings depending on the interpretation we make of it, and the cultural and historical background of the person looking at it. Like many other forms of art, the essence of drawing is something that comes naturally to any passionate artist. It is something hardly explicable. After the drawing’s first blurry representation comes a logical process. This process is the picking of imagery the audience can relate to. It is even more important for my “field” of art - the making of cartoons and satirical drawings. This article presents some of my work and explains the process and reasoning behind it. Too Smart For You
This drawing was inspired by the animated movie Coraline. In Coraline, some characters have buttons in place of their eyes. For adults, imagining a person with such a characteristic would be terrifying; but children do not seem to see it as choking. I wanted to represent that gap of interpretation between adults and children’s representation of horror. The drawing shows a doll with big eyes, long eyelashes, red lips and rosy cheeks. She would seem inoffensive to a young soul. However, an adult would be drawn by the used of dark colors, and the diabolic look she gives.
This is an example of the process of character creation for a short comic. This character represents intelligence, but in an arrogant way. Notice how the girl is dressed in a very classy and detailed style. She has the attire of the perfect little girl, enhanced by the use of blue and pink colors. Moreover, she is also wearing glasses - a common representation of intelligence in comics. Her eyes are closed as though she does not want to hear others’ opinion. She asks for attention by pointing her finger up. As you can see, there are two versions of the character. The first colorization was too blurry; so I created a second character, with a smooth and shiny texture, to emphasize the idea of perfection and clarity.