ROB HODGSON - CHARACTER DESIGN
Rob Hodgson achieves a real sense of play and humour in his work through experimentation with shape and texture. Hodgson's rather blocky shapes seem to achieve a sort of carefree quality, almost as if Hodgson is able to manufacture a character out of any irregular shape or off-cut. I am interested in this idea of unconventional imagery.
- What are the defining shapes and lines needed to communicate a figure?
-How little visual clues are required to understand a character?
To explore this approach in my own work, I hope to experiment with cut paper, exploring how the knife can change and characterize the shapes organically.
Texture is key to Hodgson's work and his application of texture seems to be the driving force in his tone of voice. Handmade marks and patterns offer a sensitivity suited to Hodgson's characters, enhancing their playfulness and issuing further personality dynamics. In light of my own practice, I have been exploring collage through handmade pencil textures, but working with paint and block colour could also be effective in achieving more solid shapes and more direct visual clues. Scanning in made textures and applying these to digital shapes could be a way to achieve cleaner illustrations, but I am more concerned with the crafted aesthetic of paper collage as I feel this echos the crafted costumes of the Morris dancers.
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