the blue man is blue

Post Shrigley life drawing session, I began to scrutinise the human form in depth. The model that we were presented with for the life drawing session at David Shrigley's new exhibition 'how are you feeling?' was large and extremely exposed, there was a huge sense of vulnerability about the out of proportion figure yet I felt that this scrawny and oddly shaped model we were faced with was entirely human. I like this idea of breaking down the human figure, which we so often see in art works and turning it into a basic, imperfect form, which we rarely see in such a public arena.

I began to experiment with this idea, painted blocks of bulky blue areas onto small canvas board, and then going over the areas with unrehearsed simple line drawing - perhaps representing the expectations of a regular human form rested beneath the androgynistic figure presented through basic line drawings. I've chosen to represent both male and female body parts as I feel it not only comments on gender equality but I wanted to represent humans on a whole as opposed to one sex. 

I also made my first ever animation based on this little person I've created, it's called 'The Blue Man is Blue'. I'd like to experiment further with animation, creating longer and more complex illustrations. Also, DISASTER! My scanner broke, so I had to photograph all of the images, which proved to be quite difficult and the main reason to why I faced such problems with over exposure and blurriness. Scanning will most definitely be the way forward with my future animations.