Thursday, August 26, 2010

Tim Burton expodition

The most obvious description of Burton's work is scary. Scary by the way he depicts his characters, skinny, sharp teeth with mutated/ dis-proportioned figures. I noticed that everything is exaggerated, a skinny person will be a stick where as a fat person is drawn with rolls of fat. Other areas that are consistently exaggerated are facial features, limbs and the atmosphere he creates.
Burton draws in a grotesque fashion demonstrated in his line work, it is scribbley and rushed, large eyes with minute pupils and lack of attention to the common amount of teeth. Most of his illustrations are drawn in black biro then water colour applied over top. The water colour is applied roughly using flicks and quick strokes. Burton suggests similarities between his drawings and clowns, they both exaggerate bodily features, Burton with less pretense and more physical distortion.
Burton enjoyed incorporating puns into his work like 'Bob enjoys holding hands with Sarah', two people holding severed hands. Burton plays on black humor, joking about death and the monsters inside people.
I have concluded that Burton had an odd childhood judging by, not what was written but, the collection of works featuring a child and movies he's directed. These works really gave the vibe of a poor relationships with his father a terrified little boy who saw the dark side in everything, including a toilet.
I quite like his style of art, it's different and distinctly unique.

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