In an attempt to get to grips on how I can make my world feel and look as if De Chirico himself made it, I gave the Toon Shader a test. It was also influenced after seeing Jordan (a fellow student) blog. The ideas was to see if I can get a balance between the 'flat' appearance of his images and a 3D space.
Hey Lev - I think that slight 'brownie' texture that some of de Chirico's surfaces have is interesting - like a thick, matte, sand-papery feel; there is something powdery and dry about his surfaces - I'd try photographing very coarse sandpaper for a possible basis for a texture - or mixing paint with sand or with salt - and creating swatches to work with.
ReplyDeleteHi Charlotte! How about looking at egg tempera paint as a way of recreating the matte texture? It seems this was one of the types of paint that De Chirico used - another was Litharge, which I don't suggest you look at, as it is lead based! But you could maybe have a go at mixing up some egg yolk with some powder paint, and see what texture you can create with that.
ReplyDelete...have a look HERE
ReplyDeletefor de Chirico's own thoughts on tempera paint! It also looks like, if you are going to mix it up yourself, you might want to add a drop or two of oil - you will have to experiment! :)
Hi Jackie
ReplyDeleteThanks will consider egg and paint :). Unfortunatly the link doesn't want to work for some reason though :/
Ah ok - that was me trying to be smart! :) Here it is -
ReplyDeletehttp://www.fondazionedechirico.com/it/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/475-480Metafisica5_6.pdf
Also consider using gouache paint, as that comes up really chalky...you can probably get that up in the uni shop.
Ok thanks. How would I go about getting some egg tempera paint? Wouldn't mind giving this a go :)
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