This week we looked at props and sidekicks. Justin gave us all a time period and wanted us to imagine what it would look like if it was also set in a sci-fi future. I was given Renaissance Italy, which made me think of ways in which the art culture would have evolved. Justin made some recommendations of things I could look at as well as things I could imagine in a futuristic way. For example, I began by imagining what an artists tools would look like. I came up with a pair of gloves that allow sculpting and painting.
I also tried to take some of Da Vinci's inventions and make them look futuristic, however these ideas were weaker compared to the glove idea. Justin then wanted me to make the gloves look more like they were from the Renaissance era and think more in depth about the functions of the gloves.
I started looking at reference and changed the look of the gloves. Justin also recommended looking at the Baroque era, so I tried to incorporate some of that into the patterns on the glove. I was planning on adding a family crest to the gloves or something along those lines.
In the afternoon I attempted to make some props for my character. The hat is going to be split up into sections and it can retract up or down. I added a spinning bow tie and a flower that squirt water before realizing these are more clown props rather than magicians. Justin said I could get away with the bow tie since a magician is a showman. Similar to the hat I drew a retractable wand that can store the classic handkerchief trick. Lastly, some simple playing cards but I tried to make the look like they are made of metal by adding the screws.
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