My personal origin of the Nikahrat
At a particular time in my the summer between Second and Third Year, I was not very happy.
I had a lot of unanswered questions, doubtful outcomes and unnecessarily built-up anger.
The problem was that I did not want to show any of this and I most certainly did not want anyone intruding.
One evening, after a day of several unhappy conversations and unsuccessful drawing , I 'zoned out' to say the least and just drew what I was thinking of.
What came out was this poor creature.
In certain terms, this is a depiction of how I was feeling; awkward, alien-like, with my innards starting to wear away at me and show through and a strange, unsure feeling that something deep down was not right.
What if this creature was me?
Or better still....what if this creature could act as me so I could feel normal and happy?
From there I wrote the poem of The Nikahrat, a description of what I wished existed.
And everything pieced together and made sense.
In itself, actually creating the Nikahrat and the poem relieved my personal stress and worry, just as the Nikahrat is supposed to do...
Since this time, I have had many changes in my life and I am feeling a lot better. This, however, is why I think the Nikahrat has changed.
Because I am happier now, the Nikahrat doesn't need to absorb so many horrible or troubling thoughts.
So using the original sketch as the base of my design review, instead of the Nikahrat I used in my dummy book, will help anchor me more to the key emotions.
However, this proved to be difficult because I had been drawing the new Nikahrat for so long I was still subconsiously using it as a template.
This was when I decided to stop looking at my most recent studies and reverted only to my first sketch for inspiration...
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