During this specific trip, driving around the state of Colorado and visiting the mountains of Utah inspired my final drawings. I felt an overpowering energy, where everything around me was so dominating that I felt so miniature around it. I focused on the unique curvature of the mountains, the roads that loop around and the variety of tree species that created vibrancy in the atmosphere. The word I would use to describe the whole experience is “unreal”.
The purpose of this project was to use compositional elements with intention to support a mood or energy. Drawing from observation already helps us focus on and away from things that we deem important or interesting. I utilized manipulation techniques such as; morphing, enlarging and reducing. The first drawing represents the word “real”. I used my camping trip to Colorado and Utah as inspiration for this project. In the “real” (first picture) composition, I used pictures as my reference. I wanted to portray things exactly as they are. and make them look as real as possible (theoretically). For the unreal composition, i used my memory and imagination. The things i experienced throughout my trip, morphed into one composition.
I wanted to portray the feeling in a simple way. I looked beyond what was visible to the naked eye and imagined what we don’t see. I noticed a variety of bird species flying around, their movement and sounds caught my attention.
“Unreal”
I started drawing from imagination. I channeled what I would want the space to feel like, while incorporating some things that were actually there to create context of the location and the surface feeling. I felt that the abstract feeling would be best portrayed with a radical shift in what people would normally see.
“Real”
For this composition I started by drawing what was really there, the roads and mountains looked like this when pictured.
Comparison
I think the first composition exaggerates the energy the most. It is truly a representation of something unreal. Other planets are not visible from the surface of the earth and animals are usually not this large.