Artist Board
Carli Ihde
Carli Ihde an artist from Wisconsin
Why i chose Carli Ihde
Carli Ihde is a digital artist who predominatly does rotoscoping, a style of animation and digital art craft. She has a unique style and blend of colours to give her work a 60's style, while having a modern twist. I like her style and ability to mix real life with her rotoscope art. I feel as i could really apply that style to a mix of artist when developing my project.
'WHAT?!'
This is one of Carli Ihde's most known GIFs. It is a self portrait of a frustrated woman who snaps and exclaims the title, WHAT?! This is her iconic Rotoscoping style; blue-grey linework with pops of colour.
'Comic Book Creator'
Here is an example of mixing rotoscope with the real world. I made a artist copy of this piece as i found it to be racinating how half can be normal contrasted with the animated comic looking other half.
This (right) is my Artist Copy. I have attempted to digitally re-create her drawing style on the left side of my photograph.
'Comic Book Creator'
Here is an example of Idhe mixing her drawing style with the real world, through her photography. Here she took self portrait to then draw half. I have made a artist copy of this piece as I found it to be fascinating how half looks normal, as it is a photo, and how that it contrasts with the animated comic looking other half.
'Cardboard Self Portrait'
In the piece she demonstrates another way she has incorporated her drawing style, on a new medium. Ihde has made a self portrait on cardboard and added an imitation of white light to add depth to the piece. Again showing how the rotoscope effect can be used in many ways.
Artist Analysis
'WHAT?!' This rotoscope animation is one of Ihde's more famous and well-known pieces. I think this is due to the quality of the animation in being able to show a clear emotion so quickly and precisely.
The line work for the rotoscope gives the viewer the key information that the woman is already frustrated, this is also conveyed in the sketchy lines throughout the short animation also gives that unsmooth vibe, and as the frames progress that escalates building up as does the emotion. Until eventually the burst of emotion and lines accompanied by the word 'what' in the iconic spiky speech bubble often used to shout. To further show this, Carli Ihde incorporates slight splashes of redness in the face to separate it from the monotone look and add that extra depth in the animation alongside the emotion.