This is footage I took with my digital still camera at Wondercon 2007 (in March) of the talented Linda Medley as she did a drawing demonstration with the audience.
Ms. Medley talks about how an illustration is different then fine art based on the fact that there is a story to it. While some fine art does have a story, now that (more then ever) it can be interchanged with fine art, to me this is true a lot of the time. This exercises has the audience helping Ms. Medley to answer the Who, What, Where, How and Why and then doing a drawing based on the answers. I am the one that is shouting out answers and not raising my hand (I am a bad man).
Due to my equipment the sound is not very good so I wrote out what what the questions are below. I also DID NOT get footage of her drawing, so I used still images in a montage at the end to show the work. There is some strange glitch (at least for me) where the first photo in the montage in the end stops the footage. Not sure why it does that.
Enjoy.
A rough transcript of the questions:
Who
Human or Animal? Human
Male or Female? Female
Age?: 107
Shape?: Pleasantly Plump
Height: (Short Medium Tall) Medium
Looks: (Attractive – Repulsive – Average – Homely) Attractive
Personality: (Nerd or Cool) Cool
Weak or Strong: Strong
Good or Evil?: Evil
Intelligence level? Smart
Occupation?: Welder
Rich or Poor?: Poor
What
Activity?: Bike Ridding
Where
Indoors or Outdoors: Indoors
Specific Location: Telegraph Hill/Coit Tower
When: (Past or Future)
Era?:
Time of Day: noon
How
How is the character doing the activity
How do they fill: Scared Board Tired Excited etc.
“Why†is the story….
