The next theme for the DAP is finally here! Each day this week will have a different perspective/focus in terms of the intended vocal point of the entry.
The order in which you use the five options is up to you. Using one scene and developing that world with different angles/lighting is certainly an option. Deciding to use completely random/unrelated entries is fine too. Be as simple or as complex as you like. This is simply an exercise on how to further develop angle choices to tell a story.
1. Front and Center – draw the viewers attention to the foreground.
2. Background – draw the viewers attention to an element in the distance.
3. Side/Profile – allow the viewer to see your scene/subject from the side
4. Above – give a “birds eye view”
5. Below – give the viewer the sense that they are looking up on the action/scene
Do the DAP! (note to self)
…he does not know how to use a good man when he finds one. I have innumerable arts of magic. Why should I be put to mind the horses? Look what is written on this banner.
– From Monkey by Wu Ch’eng-En
“It gets into everything. It gets into all the smallest cracks and shakes everything apart. Just shivers and shivers until there’s nothing left but dust, then it shivers the dust, and I try to keep it out, but it gets bigger and bigger, it rolls over everything, till it fills the whole sky and the whole earth.”
-From Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
The darkness was no less intense than in the pit below, and yet two objects were distinctly seen. They resembled a fixed and obscure flame. They were motionless. Though lustrous themselves they created no illumination around them.
-From Edgar Huntley by Charles Brockden Brown
*What should the squash be saying? You decide.
Hi,
Not sure how you managed to find me, but glad you did. My name is Jason Shasteen and I’m an artist living in Lubbock, TX. I work for Lone Star Learning as an illustrator/graphic artist and do several freelance jobs on the side. I also have just recently taken an interest in webcomics and hope to use this site as a catalyst to growing as a cartoonist and writer. In the mean time take a look around and enjoy the blog. Be sure to drop me a note if you’re interested in working with me, or just want to say hi.
Thanks,
Jason Shasteen
jasonshasteendesign.com
info@jasonshasteendesign.com
