Type Fives are considered independent, innovative and inventive and can become wrapped up in their own minds with their own thoughts and their imaginary ideas. Therefore, can become detached for the surrounding world around them, also intense and high strung. They can struggle with eccentricity, which can be also considered a positive thing, nihilism (rejection of religious ideas), and isolated themselves. However, many see the world in an entirely new way.
Here I was trying to represent the imaginary ideas and worlds which can be created in a Five’s mind and how they can detach from this reality. I tried to engulf the character in this nights sky surrounded by the birds which are in inverse trying to notion that is not a real construct.
With this type, straight away I knew my idea and what I wanted to achieve. Therefore I sketched out my idea and skipped the process of the digital mock-up, which in someways I slightly regret however I am generally happy with this piece, the only issues I have are with the moon, and that wasn’t down to not planning correctly that just was myself not achieving in the painting what I wanted to achieve.
The main issues/only issues with this painting to myself is the moon and the hand. The moon looks are bit strange and draws too much attention to it because that fact I lost too much white of the paper when painting and then had to go in with white ink and is looks a little off putting and doesn’t fit with the rest of the image, also opaque white looks slightly blue when overlaid on top of the grey’s.
The hands, specifically the fingers look like sausages, that might sounds a little harsh, but they appear very smooth and have little detail and accuracy unlike the rest of the painting. This not in these words was also pointed out by Karl during the Wall of Artwork critique.
However I love the expression I believe it really represents the idea of the Dreamer, and in general the idea of the piece and it’s links to the idea of the type, and the idea of the imaginary world and the idealism created within her head and the way I expressed that.