Howard Hughes
With each of the subjects I just started off by look at references, drawing them, and drawing motifs that I thought were relevant. But then I gradually began to think of ideas that I could integrate into my illustrations in order to develop them into more of a concept, with meaning.
• For Hughes, I really liked the idea of investigating repetition as a way of communicating / symbolising his compulsions and the procedures and actions that dominated his life as part of his OCD.
This could involve repeating drawings - simply by copying them (digitally? photocopying?)
or by drawing them again and again, which could introduce themes of his decline as the image itself degrades. • Another idea that cropped up was using contrast in some way.
This could be the contrast of the idyllic with the chaotic (perfect scenes of Hollywood - clean lines, palm tree-lined streets, expensive cars... against motel rooms strewn with rubbish?)
Or it could be a contrast of Hughes' younger self with his older self? Depicting a clean, healthy, put-together Hughes' with his later troubled self? (this could be reflected in the aesthetic of the images)
• What I found with photographs of Hughes was that he had an intense, brooding appearance? Similarly with the scenes of the plane crash I had sketched out, setting them against his unmoving figure could be interesting.
Going from this was another idea about drawing vignettes / scenes from his life - that somehow informed his personality and how he conducted himself.
These are just starting points that came to mind when I started drawing, I think that some of these are definitely worth developing and testing out though...
• For Hughes, I really liked the idea of investigating repetition as a way of communicating / symbolising his compulsions and the procedures and actions that dominated his life as part of his OCD.
This could involve repeating drawings - simply by copying them (digitally? photocopying?)
or by drawing them again and again, which could introduce themes of his decline as the image itself degrades. • Another idea that cropped up was using contrast in some way.
This could be the contrast of the idyllic with the chaotic (perfect scenes of Hollywood - clean lines, palm tree-lined streets, expensive cars... against motel rooms strewn with rubbish?)
Or it could be a contrast of Hughes' younger self with his older self? Depicting a clean, healthy, put-together Hughes' with his later troubled self? (this could be reflected in the aesthetic of the images)
• What I found with photographs of Hughes was that he had an intense, brooding appearance? Similarly with the scenes of the plane crash I had sketched out, setting them against his unmoving figure could be interesting.
Going from this was another idea about drawing vignettes / scenes from his life - that somehow informed his personality and how he conducted himself.
These are just starting points that came to mind when I started drawing, I think that some of these are definitely worth developing and testing out though...
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