12 Blog Exercise: Movement/Motion

The image above is an example of an illustration depicting motion through the activity known as "Parkour." The illustrator presents the idea of movement through the characters and their type of clothing. For example, each character is wearing really baggy clothing, therefore the author is able to manipulate the folds and wrinkles in the clothing in order to introduce the idea of movement. Also, the author has included five different characters, each at a different level of the picture plane, representing the idea that they took turns jumping off the building. Furthermore, the variation in size also helps to introduce this idea of movement through the picture plane. Finally, the idea of motion can also be seen through the fisheye distortion of the background. This technique utilizes the idea of motion after affect, the fisheye background helps illustrate this idea that they were all running fast along the roof, and as they met the ledge, the slight pause before the jump causes the eyes to catch up, creating this distortion. Ultimately I feel that the techniques that are used to represent motion, help to create a very dynamic and captivating illustration that symbolizes what the feeling of "parkour" is like. 

In the image above, the designer expresses the idea of movement through the wrinkles of the clothes from the various dynamic gestures that are introduced. Through the idea of apperent movement the center image acts as a spring board to all the other gestures portrayed as if the image itself were dancing. In addition, This image utilizes the idea of optical flow, where the center image is the largest and most detailed, which represents our focus and since the various gesture around the focal point radiate from the center it feels like we are being sucked in allowing for the different gestures to "pop-out." Furthermore the clothing on the image creates a huge role in the depiction of movement. The wrinkles in the clothes and the different stretches and creases help to illustrate the dynamic gestures of the image. In addition the fact that the images are just placed in open space, with no relation to a ground introduces the idea of floating, hovering, and even falling. Ultimately I feel that like the first image, this image also makes use of motion techniques and ques in order to create a dynamic and unique graphical design.