Short Animations on the 'A Brief Introduction to the Curios Movement of the Giraffe and it's Mechanics'

Introduction to Movement

Drinking Water

Mechanics and Blood Pressure

Fighting

 

Nuchal Ligament

 

For this project I chose to focus on a giraffe skeleton from the Oxford Natural History Musem. At first I concentrated my research on doing as many first had drawings as possible to get away from visual cliché's, I based the aesthetic of the GIFS on these drawings. Though the rich cultural and mythological background was tempting to work on, I decided to make my animations explain the physical movement's of the giraffe, as the mythology of the animal is behind it's extraordinary physique. Even in the fields of science, Giraffe's have a mysterious reputation. Creationist's use the giraffe as an example for the existence of god as it's physiology is so complex they believe that it could not be possible by means of 'natural selection' or 'evolution', whereas Darwin used the giraffe as a key animal to explain his theories. More recently, the theory of sexual selection has been discussed using the image of a giraffe, explaining that due to sexual preference the neck has elongated over time. The evolutionary process behind the animal has resulted in unique body mechanisms and habits. Thus, it made sense to focus on the facts behind extraordinary physical elements and movements of the giraffe as this is what is responsible for the mythology of the creature.

The audience for this is 12 years, as there seems to be a very natural curiosity at this age, thus the topic seemed appropriate. 

Firsthand study of giraffes

Observational drawings from Pit Rivers Museum

Christmas Fair

COME TO THE FIRST FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR CAMBERWELL 2013 BA ILLUSTRATION! 

At the Blackheath Conservatoire, 5-10 pm, this THURSDAY! I will be selling some prints, chutney, knitted goods, Christmas cards... etc. It will be a fantastic event, with live music, childrens activitis, hot food, a raffle, and plenty of stalls.

Food:
http://mikeandollie.co.uk/?page_id=9

Location:
http://www.conservatoire.org.uk/
Link To Map

Geological Map of Pennsylvania

From the depths of bibliodessey, I didn't have any other choice but to share this. Expect a colossal blog update soon.

http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/12/victorian-infographics.html

 

As I don't have a working scanner, It's been a bit tricky keeping this platform updated! This book here is a small part a 'narrative' project. 

Research Blog

I have just created a research blog to accompany this one, which you can find at:

Organized Confusion

From a while back

 

Lemminkäisen Äiti/The mother of lemminkäinen

The work on the left is a painting by Axel Gallen-Kallela, depicting the scene in the Kalevala (Finnish mythological epic) of Lemminkäinen's mother finding her son on the shore of the north land (death) , and about to attempt bringing him back to life. I thought the connection to monoprint (above) that I made a few days ago interesting. Possibly on some subconscious level I was trying to make a reference to this work? Or maybe there is something in the melancholy of the two women that link them together?

Image Collection

As I realize it's been a while since I last blogged, so here is a taster to my current project. I am currently working on illustrating H.P. Lovecraft's Color Out of Space, and I have developed an interest in working with the organic elements of the story, and possibly handling nature herself as a character. These photographs are part of my image collection for this project, all of which will make much more sense when paired with the drawings I have been working on, and will hopefully upload tomorrow. (That is, if I can get my scanner functioning...)