Task 7: Library Research

Library Research

For task 7, we were tasked with finding one contemporary practitioner, a second practitioner with whom to compare too, and a third historical practitioner from the same or related area. 

Contemporary Artist

              Ron Borresen is my chosen Contemporary artist. Ron Borresen has been drawing since he was able to pick up a crayon. But ever since winning the Most Artistic award in Mrs McCalisters third grade class he knew he wanted to be a artist Since then,  Ron went on to study illustration at Ringling College of Art & Design. And after graduating, he became a professional illustrator with his art being seen on the covers of  numerous magazines and newspapers as well as illustrating his first children's book, Monsters at the Bat. He currently lives on the gulf coast of Florida with his wife Jennifer and two kids Erik and Emily.

I chose Ron because I really like his work. It is both really creative, colourful and imaginative. I chose his work as well, as due to the nature of it. It being digital I can relate to it strongly. 

Lighting 
Because of the nature of the image, there is not alot of lighting chance in this image.  But the light in this image, is coming from the moon. But because of the image being digital and the cartoon feel the use of light sort of go's out the window. 

Colour
The use of colour in this image is used very well. The character it self is very bold colours, bright in contrast to the background of the bathroom. The colours from the fur to the skin to even the book. They are all very vivid and bright which gives this piece of art. 

Techniques
Looking at This piece of art, I can see Ron drawing out the character first, in a sketch book or something, on a piece of paper. Then from there, he would import into either adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator, and from there he would start the process of creating the image, changing the image as it goes. The process is simple, but the actual artwork is very good, creative and impressive. 

What I like about it/ why I chose it
I reason I chose this piece of work, is not just because I found the image is be impressive, but also the style it is in, the fact it is creative but also digital is something that appeal to me greatly. The character creation of the image is really good.

Character design
The character design is this image is used really well, I idea that instead of it being a young child writing in her diary. It is instead a little bunny boy wearing a cape. The use of the cape and the little details in this image is used really. The fact you can tell this is a young rabbit makes the idea even better. The huge grin on its face shows what ever he is writing he is enjoying. 


Artist to compare
John McCrea is the next artist I am looking at. He is a comic book artist. He most notable work was Hitman from DC comics and he has also worked for marvel. It lasted 61 issues. I chose John because his work to amazing. The quality and the people and company's he has has the honour to work with. He also does work for BBC bite size, he also teaches in schools and colleges. I am going to evaluate some of his work then compare it to the other artist I chose. 

Lighting

John uses lighting in a different way to Ron. He uses lighting to convey emotion but also he uses light to show actions and ability's. Because he is a comic book artist alot of that involves drawing weapons, ability s and explosions like the image above. He uses lighting to help tell the story, when Ron uses it just to help create his images look better. 

Colour

John uses colour in a different way than Ron but only because they are different artists. The range of colour is not that different, they both use bright, vivid colours, but the actually colour palette is different, and the way they both use colours. John uses block colours, because that it his style, plus that is the style of comic books. When Ron uses colours and merged them. It has a more realistic feel. 

Techniques

The techniques between both the artists are more simulator. They both use sketchbooks to draw there work first, then from there they take in into either Photoshop or Illustrator and from there they will make the final image 
What I like about it/ why I chose it

I chose this piece of work, because it contains three very well know comic book heroes, but the colour, techniques and lighting in this is used very well, and I know I will be able to talk about it. I also know about the style. 

Historical Artist

Finally we were tasked with researching into a historical example of a artist. I wanted to chose a painter. I didn't just chose a painter but I chose a painter from the realism art movement. I did this to get the closest correlation with the other artist is style and realism. Now I chose a Artist called Custave Courbet who was a French Artist around the 19th century. Below is his self portrait that he did from 1843-1845. 

Lighting 
Because of the nature of the this painting, and the time frame that is was painted in, the artist uses natural lighting. Because of the fact it is a self portrait and the fact the first camera was invented in 1916 he would of taken a picture of himself, then used that a reference to paint with. the lighting would of been from the sun or a natural light source, looking at the colour and the amount of light I can rule the idea that it could be a lamp, a lamp would produce more light and would be a different shade because they would of had to use a candle or a fire. At first glance I would of thought the light source would be coming from the left side, because of the light hitting his face and arm. But then after looking the right arm is lit up, and if the light source was on the light that wouldn't be hit. So it is either above him, to the top left of him. But because of the style of painting, realism the lighting is done very good. 

Colour 
The colour in this painting is used very well. Because the painting was done in the 19th century, the colour palette was limited and the price of paint was expensive. But the colour is both vivid and dull. Because it is a life drawing, and self portrait so he could use crazy with colour like the other pictures, he has to stay with the original colour. The colour palette is wide though, because to get a realistic skin texture/ tone requires you have to use a wide colour palette. The art movement was realism so the contract between the other artists is huge. 

Techniques

The techniques that he would of used would of been the same or similar to the other artist at first, he would of got a reference image, most likely a photograph, from there he would of sketched the outline, the main features like the face, the arms and the head. From here he would of started to paint. He would of most likely started with the face, and added a base tone, then shading, then he would of added the lighting and etc. from there he would of moved on with the rest of the painting. This was the typical process of a historical painter, as they didn't have access to things like Photoshop, and graphic tablets, so the only process they would of used is a pencil, canvas, and a paint brush. Just because the process is out dated, does not mean to say that is not widely used all around the world to this day, with hundred of thousands of artist still using the same techniques and process that Gustave would of used 200 years ago. 

What I like about it/ why I chose it

I chose this picture for many reasons. The detail, the shading and the lighting is amazing. With the process he would of had to do back then, if he did something he didn't like. That was it. So the tone and texture of the skin , the body hair is amazing, plus the small dashes of colour, like on the cheeks. I just found this work to be interesting and I felt like I could learn alot from choosing it, and I did. I have also been interested with the style of historical painters and I wanted to choose one and look into the process and research into the artist.