First Panel:
The first panel was inspired by some rubbish pickers I saw near waterloo, on the bank of the River Thames. Despite doing something that is hardly rewarding or much fun, they were talking to each other as if they had been drinking tea. So I knew I wanted my first panel to start on the beach. I decided to use two characters I have who’s odd friendship I wanted to develop. And though they are not picking up rubbish, I tried to make them seem mundane whilst discussing something that did not fit the vibe at all ( a heist on a gambling ship.) This panel is blue as it’s morning, and it is meant to have a calm vibe- the cat is speaking about something dangerous but is too naive to realise the implications, again going with the clash of atmosphere theme.
Also I should mention that the cat and canine are also the two people who appear later on, they are shapeshifters.
Second Panel:
This was inspired by two men I saw in front of festival pier, who were having some kind of discussion. It wasn’t heated or anything, but they could have been having a difference of opinion. After a while, one walked into the pier and sat at the ticket booth, so I decided to incoperate him in the narrative with the same job. The black shadow on him is inspired from a figure I saw at the skate park. They had their back to me, and in the shade their phone only illuminated their front. I wanted to have them in the narrative as their own character but couldn’t make it work, so I added the shadow instead. It also serves to show that the sun is setting, as his illuminated side is the one facing the sun.
The orange is meant to show the progression of the narrative (it is now evening) and also hint at what is to come (the red) and a rise in aggression.
Final Panel:
The conclusion of the narrative- the canine ends up killing the captain that the cat had asked him to spare. I used the skatepark as I wanted something with perspective and a large space- something that was as stark and disorientating as an empty football pitch bathed in stadium lightning. The place is empty except for the canine and the corpse, so you’re forced to look at them. The saturated red is uncomfortable if you look at it too long, disfiguring the image.
The red is supposed to show the escalation from a calm blue morning to bloodshed., aka how quickly things can go wrong.
Experience Making This
I am not very happy with this. I don’t mind the idea but I am unhappy with the artwork, especially of the person in the last panel. I feel as if, I had had a more clear idea earlier on in the week, I could have made something much better with more colour and shading ( Which was my initial plan.) So I am not happy on how much this differs from my orignal idea. However the rotatin itself was very informative, I enjoyed it.