Day in the life - week 1 progress

So far this week I have been sketching out all my ideas. I have been drawing them in rough boxes for each set of dimensions. The themes I have decided explored from this article include:

• The Marshmallow Test (I watched youtube videos of the experiment to inform my drawings)
• Evil and the devil
• Temptation symbolism (apple and snake)
• Self control
• A fight with yourself (brain)
• Ways people resist temptation (the smoking example mentioned in the article)

At first I thought this idea was too obvious but I pursued it anyway to see what I could do with it. Watching videos of the marshmallow test was helpful because I got to see children’s reactions and could then translate this onto paper. I think facial expression and composition are really important here. I also like the marshmallow thought bubble as it shows that even though he is looking away from it, the marshmallow is still all he can think about. 

I briefly researched imagery related to temptation and this sparked this idea based on ‘the first temptation’ in the bible where Eve accepts an apple from the serpent in the garden of Eden. I wanted to incorporate the apple and snake into the same image to ensure the idea behind it was clear - this is something I will continue to develop. 

This is one my ideas I am most excited about. I came up with this idea when I was thinking of methods of controlling something and then applying it to yourself to show self control. At a first glance, the image doesn't really make sense but when you figure out what is actually going on and pair this with the title of the article, I feel it makes perfect sense. 

I am going to take my ideas so far and develop and group them into my final fifteen roughs.