Fear Post #2

1. The fear that I am exploring is the fear of growing up, and the fear behind not knowing where you are going. In my opinion the scariest part about growing up is having to give up your dreams for stability. I really wanted to explore that idea.

2. I am trying to make the viewer feel hopeless, small, and lost with no direction. In my final sketch idea, the sapling is completely dark and left behind by the self assured trees. The mood is very dark and has a serious undertone of loneliness. My view of this fear is not trying to make funny, but to make you relate with the sapling and empathize with it and possibly a lost part of yourself. I am making this idea less literal by moving away from my original ideas of money, obvious symbols of adulthood, realistic baby figures, and baby themed objects. Instead of showing a literal child afraid of growing up, it is showing through the perspective of a tree and its growth. The sapling and all the trees are not human, but all maintain human characteristics. They are all hybrid like to make thew fear more clear, and to have the viewer be more empathetic. 

3. I am working in a monochromatic color scheme. I want to show the sapling very dark with bright white ideas to show it with no direction. The older trees will also be bright white with gray details. Darkness is a huge part of the piece and makes for a more depressing mood, if it was in color it would not fit. I may or may not include a little green for the leaves, I am still undecided.

4. I am going to use charcoal and pencils for my design. The darkness of the charcoal and the texture with be perfect for the trees and showing it's darkness.

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FINAL SKETCH

6. I'm going to use emphasis in my piece to have the focal point on the sapling. By emphasizing the sapling with shading and detail it will create a lonely atmosphere around it.