Sketch of "The Tempest"
In this sketch, I tried to reimagine The Tempest by drawing both Prospero and Caliban. During the Winter Quarter of Humanities Core, we were explained to about the question of being human in The Tempest. I thought the best characters to draw would be Prospero and Caliban due to their changes and differences between the two.
To illustrate their change, I drew the value of color from left to right becoming lighter. In the Animations Anteaters club, I heard that the reason for drawing left to right is that it creates a sense of progression. The image becomes brighter towards the right to symbolize the characters becoming more human. I also plan to have Prospero seem foreboding and threatening on the left dark side of his face, yet more empathetic seeming on the right by making his facial features more softer. For Caliban, I plan to have him seem more inhuman while progressively having him become more human like on the right.
For the differences, I wanted to illustrate the difference in power through size. I couldn’t think of a way to illustrate the change in power, so I just drew Prospero larger than Caliban, representing the power that Prospero held in the beginning of the play.
I wanted to use this image for Prospero since this actor seemed to have what I wanted. The actor's face seemed to have a sense of remorse. I thought it would work well on the right side of Prospero's face for what I wanted to achieve.
Hello, I love how you integrated light and dark into your perspective of "The Tempest." Shading techniques used in the drawing paint the view of light vs dark, good vs bad. The use of black and white also focuses on the differences in light and dark rather than colors. The transition from left to right flows seamlessly and really depicts the growth to become more human. The sun setting in the background on the right side may also depict the end of a journey. As the characters change from dark to light and become more human, their tasks are completed and they are content - thus signifying the end of a road. Overall, this piece really spoke to me and I hope you can continue to create more artwork.
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