Seven Recipes to Save Yourself

Author/Artist Name

Megan BachmanFollow

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Academic Level at Time of Creation

Senior

Date of Creation

Fall 11-17-2023

Artist Statement

Food is an undeniable constant. Food can be a declaration of love, gratitude, or wealth. It can be a reflection of individuals, as well as communities. The relationship between a person (or character) and food can speak volumes to the audience about who they are and how they interact with the artist's world. I am inspired by the works of Domee Shi (Director behind Bao and Turning Red) and Hayao Miyazaki (Director behind Studio Ghibli). They use food to further their narrative, and do so with enticing colors, textures, and sounds. That is why I chose to create posters and animations depicting food illustrations and their recipes. These foods not only appear on the wall, but in the original short story, as well, presented as chapter dividers. The recipes are not only essential to the narrative of the story, but they are also stand-alone artworks.

Similar to Hayao Miyazaki, I also find beauty in making the animated experience sound beautiful. As well as writing, illustrating, and animating the foods, I also supply the flute music played in the background of the animations. To create the artworks, I begun with a recipe and sketches in Illustrator. During this phase, I focus on the composition and texture of the food. The recipes that I've selected for each of the foods each stem from a color I assigned to them before beginning work. When researching the seven deadly sins, I found colors that were most commonly associated with those sins and used those as a jumping-off point for my color exploration. I found myself using the movies these artists directed for inspiration of the textures and aesthetics behind the illustrative styles I present in the posters and animation. The scale of the posters is used to further the 'larger-than-life' quality of the recipes.

In my animation, I use the opportunity to redraw doos in multiple angles to define my artistic style. I use dynamic lineart and interesting textures to relate back to the style used in the illustrated posters.

When a chef (Ryan) and photographer (Landon) are thrust into the middle of the supernatural apocalypse, it is up to the two of them to work together not only to stop the end of the world but also to figure out which ingredients they will need to do so. Indulge in the delicious world of the seven deadly sins, the supernatural, and food with seven delicious posters, animation, and a short story sure to leave you sinning for more.

MJ Bachman

Advisor/Mentor

Jim Bryant; Gregory Scott Cook; Micheal T. Martinson; Carrie Jerrel; Woody Leslie

Description

(x7) Posters on foamcore 36" x 24"

(x1) four minute animation reel; 2 two minute animations

(x1) novella, booklet on paper

seven deadly sins, graphic design, posters, novella, animation, music, creative writing, flute music, food

Photo Credit

Photo credit, Kelly Bachman, 2023

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Bachman, Megan, "Seven Recipes to Save Yourself" (2023). B.F.A. Practicum Exhibition (ART 498). 120.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/art498/120