Synopsis: A couple has a child, but complications arise and a blue pyramid is born instead of a human child. The couple grapples and struggles, especially the wife, as they wait for the doctors to determine how to bring the baby into the human world. The situation continues to worsen, but the doctors find a solution: they cannot bring the baby boy into the human world, but they CAN recreate the conditions to bring the parents into the baby's world of abstract shapes. They will see each other as human, but to the rest of the world, they will appear as alien beings who cannot be understood. Because of their love for the child, the parents join their son. Here is the fifth illustration showing Peter's decision at hand: wait for the doctors to come up with a solution to bring their baby to them, which could take years, or join their baby in his world. Could I portray the thought and inner conflict that was in this scene? It starts with the thumbnail: Now I know that that doesn't really look like anything, but even in this 1" square thumbnail, I can tell that the composition will work. There are clear foreground and background, the main character is framed nicely, and the character posing already effectively separates Polly into her own space from the doctor and her husband, physically as well as psychologically.
I've drawn enough now where good draftsmanship is still something I strive for, but even more important is to tell the story. I've been studying a lot of Tom Lovell illustration lately and I noticed how he will use character eyes to direct focus. By directing where characters are looking, like Dr. Wolcott and Peter Horn in this case, this scene becomes all about Polly. I could have tightened up some of the elements here, but I really enjoyed the energy and looseness of this one. One more drawing to go!
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Ryan Wong
5/23/2017 12:48:02 pm
What have you done with my baby? And here's to the beautiful Mrs Dodge. Do you know what that paper was? Hot? Oh boy fresh spinach the boys will love this. You must be insane, deliberately jumping on me from a tree. First you give me an egg shampoo then you jump on top of me. And you ruined the vacuum cleaner, now we'll go hungry. Hey, how about some roast chicken? No kidding I had the cubs and WHAT? Hey look a mummy alligator. Delighted. Dilapidated. Enchanted. Embalmed. You are a stow away and I am a stow away. Where are you honey? Oh baby. Cutie pie. We can't cremate him, we got no cream. Another prize - a wrist watch. Hey, thats mine. These are my two bro - i meant prisoners. But these bears were never bears, they just ran around in their bare skins. So, they went hither and thither without their mither and fither. Skip, skip, pardon me gentlemen. What stupid idiot put that bowl of water up - I did. That bear dont need no help. Hey curly have you got a fur coat on? No, but he has. Larry, is that you? Say something you nitwit. Ah, there you are. He got away from you didn't he, woah. Watch out for the goon, he's coming. Hey what'd he say? What you had is a hallucination. No I had a hunkapipe. It's gonna take brains to get outta this one. That's why I said we're in a tough spot. Oh, I fooled him again, hahaha. Hey shempy. Yesee. I can think of a thousand reasons not to drink. Yup, a thousand reasons but I can't think of one right now. Gah, tastes like a dead horse. Just trash. I'm Baggy. Which cave have you been haunting? What other treasures does the rajah bring. Well he had some bubblegum but I think he swallowed it. Flypaper. Can't stop now, I got a marryin job to do.
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