Today I had a discussion with Rick to talk about my research and beginnings of sketches. I talked about what I had found interesting after reading and researching The Big Sleep. The orchids and greenhouse really stood out to me as I think the idea of the "jungle" of orchids represent the plot of the story as confusing, uncomfortable and difficult to manoeuvre around, with characters who appear beautiful and appealing, but actually have a deceiving nature and end up evil and dark. I have started to draw orchids but cannot seem to get them to reflect the story the way I'd hoped.
Advice from Rick
- Choose a colour scheme to reflect the atmosphere of the story. This will hopefully add to the drawings to give more of an understanding of what I'm trying to communicate
- Look further into orchids and research them to get an accurate representation in relation to its role in the story
- Think about other ways of showing rainy weather to create a mood rather than just cliche raindrops
I am going to take this advice on board in the next couple of weeks as well as explore some other aspects of the themes and motifs.
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