Our next task is to fill in the project proposal forms for the prints and animation I am going to make for this project. To do this, I think I need to take a step back from my project and review what is happening with it.
Main themes in my current work - the main themes I am working with at the moment are of death, lies, secrecy, betrayal, poison, jealousy, revenge and greed. These are all very harsh and negative themes which is making me produce some dark imagery. I feel that these themes could have been pushed a lot further to create some really evil, menacing pictures but I don't feel that this fits the overall tone of Agatha Christies writing.
To me, this evil and wrongdoing is partially masked by the setting of quintessential villages in the English countryside, the large houses and gardens and the privileged lives of the wealthy. The fact that her books are so easy to read and the television adaptations of the stories are typical Sunday afternoon watching material makes me think that the dark themes should be kept as undertones to my work but the initial view should be appealing and decorative to look at.
I think this idea also reflects Agatha Christie as a person because at a distance, she too appears like a stereotypical English lady of the countryside and coast but actually, she has the amazing intelligence and imagination to write these brilliant crime novels and has actually had an interesting life of travel and experiences.
The imagery I am producing at the moment is dark but the dip pen drawing of the knight tangled up in vines and roses twigged an idea that I could use plants to show this more 'decorated' and typically English side to Christie. I could link this into the idea of an English country garden - this way, the plants would mask some of the evil going on in the picture but also still be relevant to the books.
Continuing this idea, working with flowers and plants could link with Agatha Christie's great knowledge of poisons - this is something I would have to research. I think researching this and drawing from reference might help me to enjoy this brief again because at the moment I can feel myself slowing down.
Overall, for this project, I really want to make some outcomes that I can put a lot of effort and time into and make something I am really proud of because this is something I haven't felt with my college work for a long time. I feel at this point in the course I should be making things I like and am proud of so I want to work really hard to mould this brief to fit around my own interests and what I like doing. Drawing natural forms such as plants is something I do enjoy so I think it would work well for me to combine this with the imagery of the chess pieces which I have so far.
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