More Wall Experiments

This is another wallpaper experiment I did, however with this one I pasted it onto the brick wall as the other wall was boarded.

The technique works great. There was just one issue about pasting it onto the wall without it getting any dirt onto it and since the whole place is dirty I wasn't sure how to come around this issue. Therefore, to solve this issue I thought it would be wise to paste the wall and then stick the cutout to it. This way the result would not get much dirty attached to it.

After attaching the cutout to the bricked wall, I thought i would attach it to the other wall, which I was working on yesterday. The photograph below shows the result of the cutout onto yesterdays cutout.

I must admit that this does not look so good. The cutout of the grass which I pasted onto the wall yesterday caught a lot of dust from the brush I was using, therefore it kind of blends with the wall, and the cutout I pasted today doesn't. But when I use this technique for my main piece I know what I need to do.

Wallpaper Experiment

This is a quick video made from photographs taken as I was doing the wall experiment.

Wallpaper Cutout

Close up of cutout pasted onto the wall

Full view of cutout pasted onto the wall

This is just a beginning experiment for the wallpaper pasting idea. I will be add a few more cutouts to the wall as the grass doesn't quite work on its own. However, the wallpaper pasting technique works well and I think I will use this technique for my final piece but also include projections of drawings that will add detail to the wallpaper cutouts.

Chosen Room Location

These are photographs taken of the room that I have chosen in the abandoned house.

The following photographs also explain how I have planned out the Seasons in the room.

The left corner of this photograph will be Winter moving across the right to Spring.

The corner in the centre of this photograph will be Spring going onto Summer.

This wall is going to be Summer, hence the two windows.

The corner in the centre of this photograph will be Summer going onto Autumn.

The left side of this photograph is Autumn, and Winter moving across to the right side.

Spray Paint Experiment

This is a quick video of photographs taken as I was doing the spray paint experiment.

End Result Photograph

First image taken of the experiment

Close up

This is the spray paint wall experiment. This technique does work well, especially for the much bolder areas of the animation if used this technique. However, this technique cannot be used for detailed areas of the piece that I intend to make.

Visuals of Nature

I have started to sketch out some visuals for the animation. I have not decided whether these would be drawn directly onto the walls or projected.

These two sketches are of wall-climbers.

Media: Watercolour Pencils & Charcoal

Media: Dark & Light Charcoal & Watercolour Paints

Wallpaper Tryouts

As I have decided to have a mixture of drawing techniques, I thought of trying out different types of media onto different types of wallpaper. This experiment will help me choose which type of media would work best for the piece.

Material: Cardboard__ Media: Spray Paint

Material: Wallpaper__ Media: Gesso & Acrylic Paint

Material: Pattern Wallpaper__ Media: Pastels & Charcoal

Material: Pattern Wallpaper__ Media: Acrylic Paint, Thick strokes

Material: Textured Wallpaper__ Media: Ink, fine brushed strokes

Material: Textured Wallpaper__ Media: Spray paints, stencil technique

Material: Slightly Textured Wallpaper__ Media: Charcoal

Material: Textured Wallpaper__ Media: Acrylic Paint, quick thick strokes

After doing these experiments, I went to my chosen location and realised that there isn't actually any sort of wallpaper on the walls. It is just bricks and boards, therefore I will experiment with materials directly onto the walls and see which would be perfect for my piece.

Improvement of Idea

From discussion and feedback from tutors over the last couple of weeks, I have developed my idea and decided on what style I would use for my piece.

My new idea for my animation piece is going to be a mixture of hand drawn images that would project onto the walls of the abandoned building as well as draw physically onto the walls in certain areas. I will also include objects such as snow, leaves etc to add a sense of realism to the piece.

This image is a rough visual of the piece, without the objects.

Update to Storyline of Animation

I have changed the storyline of the animation slight. The theme of the animation will still be nature and it will still be based on the seasons. However, to make this an interesting piece, I have decided to make a video footage, faking a break in into the abandoned house and snooping around all the rooms. The video then would show a source of light in one room. The light is coming from a bottle that has been on a window-ledge for quite some time. The bottle is then by accident, dropped off the ledge and everything that bottle holds is unleashed into the room... this would be the end of the video footage, for now.

Within the bottle are the four seasons - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, which are unleashed into the room. The animation would begin from here. The first season unleashed would be Spring starting to crawl up one wall, as it crawls to the next wall the season changes to summer and so on. Objects would be placed and recorded for certain seasons, like leaves for autumn to get a sense of realism. Some bits of the animation will be drawn directly onto the wall, whereas others will be projected.

At the end of the animation, the whole room would be covered by the seasons. I have not decided whether or not to have another video footage of the complete room and leaving the abandoned house.

Digital Tryout

This image was created by using the pen tool in Photoshop. To blend the drawing with the photograph I used a scattered brush edge to show that the wall-climber has been chalked onto the wall. This does work well, however I believe it won't be as successful as I want this project to be.