Scribbles Taking Form
https://www.cinnamon.video/watch?v=323433938657740591
My son is a scribbler !
Everyday I pick him up from kindergarden I have to take home at least 6 pieces of scrap paper with scribbles all over them.
My personal favourite are scribbles on tiny bits of paper that he has folded and then folded some more, then taped shut into tiny packages and placed inside a custom made paper envelope which of course he has scribbled on and then taped shut. He looks up at me with those ocean blue eyes and awaits eagerly as I am ordered to open each and every one of my “surprise presents.”
I have been given strict orders that these treasures are not thrown out, lost, stood on, or spoiled in any way. But in the same instance they are thrown on the floor, or left in a ever growing pile on his miniature desk from Ikea….Kids
Up until now these scribbles have been quite indecipherable. There was one that looked like a perfect drawing of a Butternut Squash. I proudly asked him if he meant to draw this Butternut Squash and he preceded to look at me in that “you know nothing Dad” look and corrected me:
It’s a plastic bottle filled with pee..
The other day as he handed me more of his drawings, this time on repurposed computer paper, I did a double take at a character drawn on top of green lines. Lined in red felt tip, was a square with two legs. Sitting on top of this was a semi-circular head with messy hair, big raisin eyes and an eager grin.
*Wow.. Did you draw this ??
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Yes
*What is it? (Again he’s giving me that “you know nothing Dad” look)
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It’s V from BTS Dad
*Lovely
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If you don’t know BTS is one of the world’s biggest boybands, coming out of the K-Pop scene. Yep.. I didn’t know who they were either. A gift from his Mother that keeps on giving. She showed it to him on Youtube and now he is OBSESSED.
But that story is for another time.
With my son’s first ever character I couldn’t let it go to waste.
I love the work of Tom Curtis on his Instagram page Things that I have drawn. He takes his children’s drawings and creates photorealistic renderings of them in Photoshop. They are weird, they are funny and they are amazing!
I thought about coming up with something similar and questioned him about his drawing to give me more material to work with.
I love children’s imaginations. He described it in such a way that a static image could not do it justice. I decided to record him explaining what the drawing was and then make it come to life using After Effects.
My boy’s little face when he first saw his drawing moving. I wish I could have taken a photo, but I froze in the moment, wanting to take in every last second of that magical bewilderment.
https://www.cinnamon.video/watch?v=323436346918045499
