Because Pauline Bewick's purple dancer was inspired by Siobhan McKenna, who she saw in the Old Abby Theater, i have uploaded these images to help me capture the movements of the dancers.

 

Update on my animation.

 

                   

Playing around with the dancer and figuring out the movements and the way she looks.

Creating the set and figure has proved a lot more difficult than i first thought. Any progress and then i run into a minor problem, but i think iam finally ready to shoot!

Example structure for mala figure.

Chosen images to work from by Pauline Bewick.

PURPLE DANCER 1 and PURPLE DANCER 2
1950s * Pastel * 7" by 5" and 8" by 6"
Travelling collection.

Sorry for the poor quality, i had to take pictures of them from my notebook, because I couldn't find them on the internet.

PEAR TREES AND SHADOWS
2006 * Pastel * 26" by 20"
Waterford collection.

For my animation , my idea is to make the dancers, dance, in and around this image. I choose these images because i really like both of them and  the colors complement each other very well. (which you can't see to clearly here). But i also believe that these images capture Bewick's style and love for the female form and nature. Many of her works entwine or merge women in landscapes , so for two of her works that are not, i will be uniting them. Also bewick's use of color, fluidity and movement are also captured in these works.

I am still teasing out the idea, figuring out wither or not to use both dancers. The movements they should take and which medium to use, either drawing, clay models or to manipulate photocopies.

Animation Project

Research and ideas for different animation techniques 

Gulp. The world's largest stop-motion animation set, shot on a Nokia N8.

The Making of Gulp.

Dot. The smallest stop-motion animation character shot on a Nokia N8

Both created by Sumo Science at Aardman.

Really in interested in this one.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU.

Animation Project

Idea for Artist.

Pauline Bewick

http://www.paulinebewick.ie/about_artist.html

Born in 1935, now livng and working in Co.Kerry. She is a descendant of the 19th century wood engraving artist Thomas Bewick.

 Her two daughters Poppy and Holly Melia are also artist, the three have exhibited together a few times, and have each documented their travels together around the Polynesian islands 

Horses in the Sky

The movement and graphic quality in her work, i believe,will lend itself well in helping me create my animation

THE IRISH SWAN

I see alot of potential in these works.

 'Tao De Ching'

I can see story's in her work that i may be able to portray in my animation.

Travelling Exhibition / Seven Ages

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This is my favorite piece of work by the artist, it is truly beautiful.

Lovers and Stars
2003 Aubusson tapestry wool and linin. 118" by 85"

Research and Presentation on Artist

William Kentridge

He is from South Africa, where most of his work is inspired by African political and cultural history. Kentridge his won wide acclaim for his deeply personal animated films that focus on the complex and often violent history of South Africa.

The first book i used to research William Kentridge, i got from collage and its called: William Kentridge; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.

William Kentridge, Tide Table

 I do not always understand his meaning or message behind his films but i enjoy them and i am awwed by the their process.

 Anything is possible, preview

This caught my eye!

My MindMap on William Kentridge.

The sequence at the bottom shows how he merges one image to another. Charcole, his chosen medium, lends its self well to this manipulation of the image, as it can be easily drawn over.