tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166148481262196781.post5314835698508616559..comments2023-11-08T21:14:14.091-08:00Comments on Jon Stewart: Steampunk + Medusa - Bridging the gap.Jon Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10313205857565854925noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166148481262196781.post-70820715294208168212010-03-02T14:04:17.562-08:002010-03-02T14:04:17.562-08:00Some good advice there Phil. Though I daresay it&#...Some good advice there Phil. Though I daresay it's easier said than done, I am definately trying to do this though.Jon Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10313205857565854925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166148481262196781.post-63671641989716997942010-03-02T13:23:17.022-08:002010-03-02T13:23:17.022-08:00apologies if my tone has been on the negative side...apologies if my tone has been on the negative side - not so much 'negative' as 'frustrated' - because I've seen students get swallowed up by the wrong emphasis on the importance of narrative - but you've struck the balance here - back-story (narrative) drives character - and so drives the design and its details. Remember, you are only interested in the narrative details that translate into visual cues; you are hunting for the 'whys' and 'wherefores' - a means to focus your character design on specifics and move your work away from repeating existing characters...<br /><br />Be sure, however, to draw as you think - try not to separate the two approaches - think through your drawing.tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166148481262196781.post-47166180841253496782010-03-02T07:30:42.453-08:002010-03-02T07:30:42.453-08:00Hey Phil :D
I did have a similar idea with the s...Hey Phil :D <br /><br />I did have a similar idea with the snakes. A toxin that pumps from a tube in her neck through to the snakes. The 'snakes' bite and pow you're paralyzed. <br /><br />I've been thinking of where rape fits. Actually I was thinking that she would have been raped and some sort of scientist then took her and used her to experiment on. Leaving her in this situation. <br /><br />The nurse idea is lovely, and I actually will certainly explore that idea! This is feeling very reminscent of Bioshock or even Silent Hill now. Some interesting ideas bobbing around my head now. <br /><br />Snakes with 19th century medical needles and apparatus attached to the end. Toxins that go through tubes and paralyze people and such. <br /><br />I guess the paralyzing of a person through her beauty is a good idea. I had a similar idea with the large BMovie type Medusa I was thinking about before. People freeze in awe, perhaps this could be the case. <br /><br />I am finally feeling some form of excitement for this project now. This character has the potential to be very very scary and eery indeed. Woop!<br /><br />I must say, it's nice to receive a post without a negative in there. Finally I'm beginning to understand! :DJon Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10313205857565854925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166148481262196781.post-10390172948165645862010-03-02T07:22:47.150-08:002010-03-02T07:22:47.150-08:00Hey Jonny,
A very lucid post - and I see that you...Hey Jonny,<br /><br />A very lucid post - and I see that you're finally unpicking the significance of narrative & its relationship to design - indeed, more than this, how the right kind of narrative elements can quickly make design decisions feel nothing short of inevitable; it prohibits that kind of arbitrary design, which often slides into mimicry of existing work. The issue with Medusa turning the menfolk into stone - if, by 'stone' we actually mean 'paralysis' - perhaps she seduces men with her gaze (because she is beautiful), but in the snake-like contraptions that she has grafted onto her body, there is poison that renders her victims immobile? I'm more than sure that there are snake venoms that do just that? She could have hypodermic needles in her snakes - you could therefore start looking at Victorian medical apparatus as another steampunk component - indeed, perhaps she was a young nurse, raped by a Patriarchal doctor - an expert in hydrotherapy, no less (Posiedon link?). Anyway - you get the point - real world logic and design derived from existing evidence... If she was a prostitute, maybe you could look at the effects of syphillis and other STDs - perhaps as another element governing her appearance?tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.com