Research - Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse's cut outs are something that is very close to the style of my animated project. His use of minimal detail and various cut shapes brings together a bigger picture in itself. Calling it "painting with scissors", Matisse created vast amounts of paper cut art, depicting patterns, objects, animals and people.

His style acts as a stencil, in which the entire figure is not filled, therefore the viewer's mind creates the rest of the picture. In addition, the use of vibrant colours creates an eye catching display and brings out certain parts of the artwork. I am very interested in the patterns he creates, as these are separately placed but form a collective outlook. They appear to be a leaf-like pattern, however I like the way they seem blobby and soft. With my own work, I hope to emulate this style of art, by using neon colours (over a black background) in order to make parts of my animation pop out, whilst also using a blobby/soft effect on objects.