Instruction
Using on of you characters from the previous character swap, draw them. From this drawing, spin a wheel to re-draw the character in a new art style. Repeat.
Purpose
Iterate the same character in different styles and identify what matches the most and the least with their context. Explore emphasizes their features and what thwarts it. Allow yourself to learn about various art styles and what make them unique.
My Interpretation
I decided to go with the more flamboyant character of Daisy Buchanan for my subject of this exercise as I figured she’d have a more rigid character to pull inspiration from (compared to Gretel as an alternative). I was given the arts styles of futurism, minimalism, de Stijl, and art nouveau. After initially designing Daisy in her traditional 1920’s flapper garb, going into futurism was an exploration of how to reject her organic form in replacement for sharp, hard supportive-like structures that hide her form. Futurism focuses on color and movement and firmness in the present with hope of the future. The next arts style was simpler, literally. In an effort to reflect how minimalism only shows the most important aspects of a subject, I only included the essential parts of Daisy’s character, namely her hair, her over-the-top clothes, and her pearl necklace. For de Stijl, I was forced to abstract the form, focusing on a set of three colors (not including black and white) and straight lines creating rectangles and squares. I attempted to create a human shape and colored clothes and designs on tops of it accordingly to help emphasize Daisy. Finally, using art nouveau to represent my character felt relatively natural, a side profile with emphasis on ornate backgrounds and flowing hair on top of a plain, solid-colored face. A good reflection of how Daisy is as a character, flashy and impressive in her surroundings, but unremarkable in herself.