Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith is an artist who does pencil
drawings and paintings. Her paintings in my opinion, look kind of dream-like.
I'm not sure what the art style is called, but to me the boat painting looks
like a collage of different colours each with a different part of the picture
in them, almost like a jigsaw.
The technique she used is wet on wet you can
tell this from to the runny, sort of smudged look. However she has done pencil
drawings as well. Her use of colour with the heart painting is interesting, there are a
lot of bright colours but the heart stands out the most with the glowing
effect. I'm not 100% sure what the painting means, but it seems like someone who was a large heart (figuratively) is going through a tough time which I think is symbolised by the ants.
I like how the heart stands out, it's very eye-catching. This relates to my game plot-wise because the main character is a good person however something is holding him back.
Kananginak Pootoogook
Kananginak Pootoogook was a sculpture and artist from
Canada. His artwork is very simplistic and mostly focused on the bird life in
the Arctic as well as hunting scenes. He has used various styles in his time
such as; stone-cut, etching, copper engraving and stencil just to name a few.
He gained an interest in the Inuit tribes within the Arctic and so captured
their culture through his art.
I this drawing there are three owls; one sitting down, the other two standing up one facing sideways. I don't believe that there is a particular meaning to this drawing. He used coloured pencils and graphite
on paper. The colours were pretty bland and not very bright. This creates a
simple, flat, uncompleted 2D image. Personally, I like his work, it's not too
complicated and it doesn't need to be which to me, makes them more visually
appealing. I really like the simplistic style of his drawings, a style I intend
to use in my project.
Fritz Scholder
Fritz Scholder was a member of the Luiseno tribe however he
often stated that he was not Indian. He was an abstract expressionist artist.
He did oil paintings expressing how he feels we see red Indians. You can tell
that he has used watercolour with the purple horse painting; the horse's rump
is red, however you can see the purple underneath. I'm not sure if this piece of art has any particular meaning it's a man with a hat riding a horse. I'm not sure why but just looking at this picture reminds me of Wylie Coyote chasing Road Runner, which takes me back to my childhood. I remember that cartoon being fun, and I would like to add that element to my game whilst also keeping a serious element to it as well.
The image is done using dark colours with a bright background, this makes it stand out. I like his use of shading with this it makes it look 3D without the use of lines, an effect I hope to also use shading in my game to give a 3D look to the characters. Colour mixing elements have been used as well, you can tell this from the way the colours blend together.
Ernie Pepion
Ernie Pepion was a artist and storyteller. He was a member of the Blackfeet tribe, and would tell stories about people with disabilities through his artwork. I'm not sure what materials he used to create this piece of art. I don't think there was any technique used however it does look good. There are three teepees in this painting each drawn with different colours to make them stand out from each other. I am using a teepee in my game so this can be good for reference.
The stories he would tell were of both pain and joy, he would sometimes put both emotions in the same picture. He was a quadriplegic, meaning he couldn't use his arms or legs he could only use his mouth and he used it to create his art and tell his stories. This picture of the three teepees was drawn on some sort of list. It could be a register, it could be a birth certificate it could be anything.
Stephen Mopope
Stephen Mopope was a Kiowa Artist and a feather dancer who did pencil drawings and paintings. I believe he used ink to create this piece of art. I'm not sure what materials he used to create this piece of art. I don't think there was any particular technique used. However he did these paintings to reflect on himself as a Kiowa artist and a feather dancer, which is what they are doing in the picture. I like the design of the clothes, and this can help me with designing my character.
Stephen Mopope was first taught art by his great uncles. His main focus with his art was portrait scenes, with mystical, lyrical, almost poetic themes. I'm not a big fan of poetry, however the idea for my game deferentially has a few mystical elements to it. So this can could help to influence the mechanics of my game.
