Catching up: Rest of the Weeks
Sorry for the delay on the Project Progress Report. There has been quite a lot of Life going on, which simply kept me from editing and collecting the photos properly. Also, I would like to announce that I am setting off to Italy on Thursday - Work is sending me to Modena to aid the ballet once again as a follow spot ops.
Week five
My new painting place is a disused workshop - a print press used to work from here. The new owner has graciously started to set up a small home cinema and the various infrastructure serves my needs well. Rushing my entire outdoor workspace from the first place out doors to a cellar bunk in the centre of town proved fairly challenging
Here you can see the regular beamer setup I have been using this year. Also you can see the gas feed of the lantern with the light wicks as well as the prepared side doors and the stretched canvas on the main frame.
The basic principle of painting hasn't changed much this year: Transfer designs via Beamer to canvas, then fill in the different shapes with base colours. This year, I wanted a colour halo to show at night, so my first base paints on the interior was this garishly gay rainbow.
Week Six
As I was already working on the more detailed work on the first side, I started to work at on the reverse at the same time. I had a lot of catching up to do, I was seriously challenged by the near deadline.
One of the reasons I really, really wanted to get on with the other side was one of the caricatures I had planned. A direct tribute and parody of Disney's "Simba". As I needed well known and established characters of children and teens which I could "restyle" with a lot of trendy makeup and fashion brands. The guy, who has been doodling animal-head-people for over a decade now finally can get in touch with his TLK-Fadom roots on the job. And before anyone here starts screaming, this was all cleared with the client who distinctively cleared the parody of the famous characters. All in all, I have never been more onto political satire cartooning as this year.
Yes, that pot of dye reads "Simba - Hell, at last!". We close the Week with the principal base painting all done.
Week Seven
Shading, shading, shading. Nothing but shading. Patching up loose ends and empty nooks and crannies in the paintings. After nearly six weeks of constant painting, I am far more confidant. I work with fairly dark shades and bold, permanent colours. Those you can't wash out of the canvas, once they are applied. Also, I start the work on the sides and the doors. The topic of this year's lantern now slowly grows: The influence of the modern world on the children, especially as far as brand awareness, media consumption and gadgetry is concerned.
Once I break out the dark dies there is no turning back. A brushstroke will remain a brushstroke and no correction method known to me could reverse the process. This year, I chose to wait till the end with my blacks. Especially as I wanted to ink the same as I had done with the other lantern. Also, I wanted to try out a nice new India ink. Rich and warm in tone... I don't know if that makes sense... But as you know there are shades of grey, there are also different inks for black, each with a different intensity and depth.
At the end of Week Seven we have reached the last week of February and the deadlines. I quickly pop in on the "Big One" to oversee the mounting and lighting processes.
And then return to my "Little One" for the finishing touches, inking and then finally the varnishing.
Here are some of the details:
The happy client picked up his Lantern on the last days of February. It's always a fairly melancholic moment for me, when I have to pass on my work. Especially with the workshop under ground, the moment where the lantern first sees the light of day is also the time it get's loaded on the lorry.
Of the processes I have made a time-lapse vid with barely any of the progress missing. You can find it here on my private youtube channel. Or over at my official Fasnachts-Laterne-Videodocumentation thing I have started, where this Embed now comes from :D
So, I hope you have enjoyed this long overdue entry - sorry once again, my bad! I have a few more photos flying about of the public exhibit. Once I get round, I might as well post them too.
Week five
My new painting place is a disused workshop - a print press used to work from here. The new owner has graciously started to set up a small home cinema and the various infrastructure serves my needs well. Rushing my entire outdoor workspace from the first place out doors to a cellar bunk in the centre of town proved fairly challenging
Here you can see the regular beamer setup I have been using this year. Also you can see the gas feed of the lantern with the light wicks as well as the prepared side doors and the stretched canvas on the main frame.
The basic principle of painting hasn't changed much this year: Transfer designs via Beamer to canvas, then fill in the different shapes with base colours. This year, I wanted a colour halo to show at night, so my first base paints on the interior was this garishly gay rainbow.
Week Six
As I was already working on the more detailed work on the first side, I started to work at on the reverse at the same time. I had a lot of catching up to do, I was seriously challenged by the near deadline.
One of the reasons I really, really wanted to get on with the other side was one of the caricatures I had planned. A direct tribute and parody of Disney's "Simba". As I needed well known and established characters of children and teens which I could "restyle" with a lot of trendy makeup and fashion brands. The guy, who has been doodling animal-head-people for over a decade now finally can get in touch with his TLK-Fadom roots on the job. And before anyone here starts screaming, this was all cleared with the client who distinctively cleared the parody of the famous characters. All in all, I have never been more onto political satire cartooning as this year.
Yes, that pot of dye reads "Simba - Hell, at last!". We close the Week with the principal base painting all done.
Week Seven
Shading, shading, shading. Nothing but shading. Patching up loose ends and empty nooks and crannies in the paintings. After nearly six weeks of constant painting, I am far more confidant. I work with fairly dark shades and bold, permanent colours. Those you can't wash out of the canvas, once they are applied. Also, I start the work on the sides and the doors. The topic of this year's lantern now slowly grows: The influence of the modern world on the children, especially as far as brand awareness, media consumption and gadgetry is concerned.
Once I break out the dark dies there is no turning back. A brushstroke will remain a brushstroke and no correction method known to me could reverse the process. This year, I chose to wait till the end with my blacks. Especially as I wanted to ink the same as I had done with the other lantern. Also, I wanted to try out a nice new India ink. Rich and warm in tone... I don't know if that makes sense... But as you know there are shades of grey, there are also different inks for black, each with a different intensity and depth.
At the end of Week Seven we have reached the last week of February and the deadlines. I quickly pop in on the "Big One" to oversee the mounting and lighting processes.
And then return to my "Little One" for the finishing touches, inking and then finally the varnishing.
Here are some of the details:
The happy client picked up his Lantern on the last days of February. It's always a fairly melancholic moment for me, when I have to pass on my work. Especially with the workshop under ground, the moment where the lantern first sees the light of day is also the time it get's loaded on the lorry.
Of the processes I have made a time-lapse vid with barely any of the progress missing. You can find it here on my private youtube channel. Or over at my official Fasnachts-Laterne-Videodocumentation thing I have started, where this Embed now comes from :D
Click to viewSo, I hope you have enjoyed this long overdue entry - sorry once again, my bad! I have a few more photos flying about of the public exhibit. Once I get round, I might as well post them too.