I have run into an artistic roadblock and have been working hard to muscle through my artist block to produce work. My thumbnails are going to be turned into at least 4 inked pages by the end of the week and at least 1 digitally scanned page that I can consider "Done"
I also plan to post my finished script to this blog by next Friday for suggestions.
I have been struggling to get back to drawing regularly and hopefully this week is the start of an upswing rather than another downfall emotionally.
In terms of tangible progress, I now have a working title for my comic.
"One way Mirror" Which I hope is different enough from Black Mirror, one of my major inspirations. I honestly was not thinking about the show when I came up with the name but it is one of those names too similar to ignore the differences.
I like how it works thematically as the computer screen acts like a 2 way mirror nowadays. The dark screen acts a mirror to reflect the person looking at themselves, while the webcam acts like a one sided glass to hackers and people who could be watching you from halfway across the world.
RESEARCH:
By Jove I found a goldmine.
I watched 2 horror movies that really got my motor running in terms of inspiration.
First: Under the Shadow
A foreign horror movie set in Iran during the Iraq-Iran war. A mother has to protect her daughter while the war rages on outside and a dark spirit of revenge haunts those who have been lost inside the apartment. It was thrilling, visually compelling and had great use of motifs and lighting to forward the narrative of oppression and looming danger overhead.
The next one....
HARD CANDY
OOOOOOOOOOH Boy.
This movie was basically made for me and my project, This movie is... in essence what I want my final product to be.
Although it came out in 2005 it is still incredibly relevant to today's issues with anonymity and digital stalking.
The movie follows a young 14 year old girl who meets a 30 year old man she met in an online chatroom. He invites her to his house and offers her a drink... and yet, the movie takes a darker turn that one could possibly imagine.
A twisted tale of cat and mouse, revenge and darkly sexual mind games begins as the young girl actually manipulates and tortures the pedophile over the edge of insanity and into a chaotic tailspin that ends in a bloody climax.
It is EXACTLY what I want from a technology centric thriller about the dangers of the internet and how people can be use the internet to transform something safe or innocent into a place of dark violence.
I loved it, I hated it and I wanted more. I both strongly recommend NOT watching it and also watching it at the same time. It is VERY violent and mature even without a lot of blood or gore.
I feel very inspired and will make a lot of progress by the end of this month.
I feel excited are you excited?
