In order to hit the knowledge criteria for my project, I wanted to get a deeper understanding of the tools I will be using to create my final images. I know that I will be using procreate, so I looked at the brushes I use primarily. I did some lines of these to compare the aesthetics and atmosphere of each one, also how they look as line work against a different colour.
So when I think of utopia and it’s perfections you would want clean and crisp line work, using something with a solid line and shape, with little to no taper, very uniform in all. The closest brush to this is ’Syrup’ a brush from the ’Inking’ category on procreates brushes. Although, the cleanest work wouldn’t have any line work the colour and contrasting would be strong enough to go without, but also these images tend to be realistic rather than cartoonish.
But, at the same time utopia is meant to be joyful, and when people think of those emotions they tend to think of childhood innocence. Therefore, within children’s media it would be books, tv shows, and cartoons. Which make me think of the sketching texture brushes on procreate like ’Derwent’. There’s a large range of texture in kids media as opposed to the above photo that has smooth gradients and a uniform colour scheme. Below is what came up when I searched ‘Children’s illustration utopia’ so the images couldn’t be more opposite despite searching for almost the same thing, the difference being target audience. So I need to think about my target audience when choosing texture for my work.
So I think that I will do a final piece that managed to incorporate both of these because while a mature adult future is definitely what a utopia is, it is important to hold onto the care free nature of childhood innocence and if I can communicate this through what texture brushes I use, then I will. I am always looking for nostalgia and think that even if my target audience is other adults I should target their own nostalgia and inner child with this.
These are two examples of where I have started to do this.
