FMP Research task

It is important for me to know which themes and ideas are most relevant in my work, that I can recognise and explore in preparation for my Final Major Project next year. The task was to record visual research pertaining to these themes, and incorporate these references in a way to produce an illustration of some kind.

As the themes of my FMP are humanity, working together towards a common goal, and overcoming obstacles (adaptability), I started with initial figure observations and later made a sequence of illustrations using these references. The thumbnails tell a story. Workers see that a couple are walking along an unfinished path, so they work together to complete the path, while the couple remain undisturbed.

• At this point, I had the basic information I needed to construct elements of the sequence.
• More reference for figures in motion / walking was needed, as well as potential reference to details of anatomy, clothing and facial features.
• All three themes of my FMP were successfully presented through these initial thumbnails.

Through my second observation of new figure references, I managed to visually record more that could assist me with improving the sequence. Also can be seen above are two of my original thumbnails, better represented using information from the new references. Even from these, improvements can be seen, and it would not be hard to imagine what the finished sequence would look like.

• I managed to record people in motion from different angles.
• Basic anatomy of the figure was captured.
• New references were substantial to refine my sequence further.
• If research was to be continued, more facial + clothing detail would be required.

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