Our sketchbooks are personal and can often hold our subcontious inside. Doodling is a freeflowing practice that allows creativity without the need to think too seriously of what we put inside. When in lectures it can be worth jotting notes down in doodle form as the information can often feel more engrained. These were my doodles related to this lecture:
Doodling taps into an uncontious of being aware you are drawing while not having a knowledge of what or how you do it. The outcome isn't always important so you enter a dream like state some could consider to be hinterland an area lying beyond what is visible or known.
This lecture we were introduced to Jay Paynes work and process. First an foremost an illustrator Jay wishes to be a man of many traits and stated the first thing he would do when thinking of an idea would be to look through his previous sketch books. His most recent work revolves around exploring the edges of reality and a hypnogogic state. The conscious and the subcontious visually represented.
To continue this work I wished to elaborate on the idea of Hinterland and did a sketch series based on things that we see that are not necessarily there. I initially upon hearing the world felt unsettled by the idea of a fairytale-esque setting. This drew me towards the feeling of being alone in a forest and feeling watched. The thought of birch trees and how their wood has the likeness to having eyes showed emphasise to the feeling of being watched. The feeling itself is a psychological reaction of fear that can relate to facial recognition in others or fear of danger with fight or flight.
I played around with shadows and reflections aswell as they are both things i associate with feelings of fear. Jumping at my own reflections in the dark before I turn on a light or the idea that i can always see a shadowy figure in the doorway of a coat cupboard.
