Tick Tock

After doing a lot of research into painting animations and completing the storyboard of my original concept, i haven't been left with much time to actually get the animations done. I'm continuing to work on that at the moment but I've also been experimenting with watercolour trees which i painted two weeks ago. Scanning them into photoshop then manipulating them into a repeat pattern design.

William Kentridge

     "Disintergration then regathering" 
 
      After investigating the issue of emigration for some time now, it started to take it's toll on me, such a depressing issue. So Ive decided to continue to look at emigration but thinking and approaching it in a more positive and optimistic light. Ive focused on the issue as a temporary separation, and that being reunited is a the "happy ending."
         Looking at the migration of birds for the cold, harsh time of winter and their return in the prosperous spring as a metaphor for the issue of emigration. Another metaphor I'm using is the hibernation of animals like bears for the harsh winter. When looking at the possibility i also thought of the annual-cycle of trees. They appear dead in the winter but life springs from them in spring.
         At this point in time I'm working on a black and white animation, using white watercolour on a blackbird, and I'm also working on painting's of the trees.  The inspiration for my animations came from the artist's Yui Kugimiya and William Kentridge.

Still image from animation : Linda Byrne