CPS Week 4- Found Objects

By Zoe Zhang

Theme

 Found Objects

Method 

illustration

Context

Turtle is one of my favorite sea creatures. When I was watching him,  I noticed that the patterns on his shell looked like stones.  So I drew the first draft, using the turtle's shell as a reef lake.
Then, I expanded my draft, and I added islands where people live. However, the overall illustration is  ordinary and no visual impact.  At that moment,  I couldn't think of anything else,I stopped this assignment.

Finally, my inspiration comes from hayao miyazaki's animated film 'Howl's Moving Castle'. I designed a small town on the shell of a turtle, with houses, trees, lights, and people living on it.

Response

I drew a lot of drafts for this assignment, but the results were not satisfactory in terms of visual effects. Finally I realized that it might be the composition. So I changed the Angle of the turtle and enlarged it. It's more visual.  When the turtle is enlarged, the castle on his back is also enlarged, which better reflects the idea I want to express.

As I went deeper into the painting, I tried many different scenes and colors. I tried to get the turtle to sink to the bottom. There was a little light around, but the brightest thing was the light in the castle. Using this scene to reflect the sense of light. (At present, I can confirm that the illustration style I want can reflect the light sense) However, when I was actually painting, I found that the color would easily get dirty in the dark environment. Finally, considering the time, I used a simple white background.