As a semester project for drawing classes, I developed a series of abstract drawings that show stretching of lines between points and finding a path with a pen on paper. The output is digitally processed drawings and motion drawings that emphasize the blending and changes in the drawing due to light. In the videos, the drawings appear to change and move when in reality they remain static and only the light falling on them changes.
The technique is mixed media and is based on my experimental process of making. I worked with pencil, pen, acrylic, ink, tempera and water and then scanned and processed everything digitally.
The first part of the work consisted of traditional drawing, where I created monotypes by imprinting tulle, dipped in acrylic paint, onto paper. The impression created randomly spaced dots, which I connected with free lines and curves with a pen after the paint dried, on a similar principle to how curves work in vectors in computer programs. I use the lines to find possible paths between the points, sometimes the shortest path, sometimes it's really unexpected, and sometimes it's convoluted and looks like it's lost track of where it's supposed to go. The wandering and pathfinding in my drawing is a kind of metaphor.
In the next part of the work, I continued to work digitally with the large-scale drawings. I digitally edited and processed the photographed and scanned drawings into videos in which the drawings change. The final output is therefore digitally edited drawings and videos.
The technique is mixed media and is based on my experimental process of making. I worked with pencil, pen, acrylic, ink, tempera and water and then scanned and processed everything digitally.
The first part of the work consisted of traditional drawing, where I created monotypes by imprinting tulle, dipped in acrylic paint, onto paper. The impression created randomly spaced dots, which I connected with free lines and curves with a pen after the paint dried, on a similar principle to how curves work in vectors in computer programs. I use the lines to find possible paths between the points, sometimes the shortest path, sometimes it's really unexpected, and sometimes it's convoluted and looks like it's lost track of where it's supposed to go. The wandering and pathfinding in my drawing is a kind of metaphor.
In the next part of the work, I continued to work digitally with the large-scale drawings. I digitally edited and processed the photographed and scanned drawings into videos in which the drawings change. The final output is therefore digitally edited drawings and videos.
