Debtors Prison Character Session 2

Tuesday 30^th September 2014

Session Review

Last night after I had returned home and eaten dinner, I began to draw some of the concepts for my debtor prisoner character Marcus Davidson, The sketches for his hairstyles was the most effective part of the concept sheet in my opinion because I had taken a look at some victorian photographs from the 1800s and was given a wide range of refined, scruffy, wacky hairstyles to choose form. So I had allotted to work with for Marcus hair and clothing ideas.

Though the most challenging part was to draw small scenes on another sheet of paper expressing how Davidson felt in small sketches. One of the sketched scenes displayed a stage in his cell of when he first entered the debtor's prison had enough money to pay for basic luxuries such as a bed and pillow, though as his money was quickly drained paying of his debt which I am still unsure off, he lost his private cell and was moved into an overcrowded cell with no window. This of course played a toll on his mind leading to further depression, claustrophobia and sense of paranoia.

Character Concept Sheets

Visual References

Chris Parsons (15:53, 17th February 2012). The changing face of poverty: Updated maps of London's poorest areas show epidemic of 'junk food' diabetes in same streets where Victorians died of malnutrition. [ONLINE] Available at: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/17/article-2102485-11C76319000005DC-449_964x679.jpg. [Last Accessed Tuesday 30th, September 2014].


G. D. Falksen (e.g. 2011). Victorian Men’s Hairstyles & Facial Hair. [ONLINE] Available at: http://38.media.tumblr.com/160f5d5f9c009d33fc1433dfb3557b86/tumblr_mm9j9aBrjy1s77baxo4_1280.jpg. [Last Accessed Tuesday 30th, September 2014].


Jeremy Lagadec (N/A). Victorian Working Children. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.enpferney.org/enpv2/images/Victorian%20Working%20Children%20Jeremy%20Lagadec.pdf. [Last Accessed Tuesday 30th, September 2014].

http://www.funfancydress.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/170x260/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/S/M/SMF38660.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/LOC_Utah_Prisoners_c1885.jpg

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/victorians/clothes/images/man.jpg


By Sebastian Jones

Introduction and Debtors Prison Character Session 1

Saturday 27^th September 2014

Session Review

Travelled to the Worcester Library the Hive, today to start researching some commoner Victorian names in the 1800s. However the email that contained the link to the Charles Dickens book Little Dorrit was not received on that Wednesday lesson so I typed it manually and managed to successfully get to the eBook and see the chapters in the book, however it may be easier for me to look for the book in the library or buy it if need be.

So I started my secondary by found a few good names for my character however the one that sounded well was the first name Marcus and I then used a steam punk name generator to create the surname Davidson.  Also this time I managed to find more informative information on debtor’s prisons at the time including facts that debtors were not allowed to do hard labor however may do so if they wish, which corrected my previous statement on the first lesson on Wednesday saying that debtors had to do hard labour to pay off debts.  During the creation of my characters biography I had found some good images as references and put them all in a mood board to use for when I move on to drawing small concepts for Marcus Davidson.

The secondary research on the prisons in Victorian 1800s was good sufficient enough for me to add more depth to my character especially the site http://vcp.e2bn.org , which gave some prisoner files and I used the way the files were structured to plan my characters biography giving details such as place of birth , occupation , offense and eye and hair  colors.

References

E2BN (Saturday 27th September 2014). Prisoner records. [ONLINE] Available at: http://vcp.e2bn.org/prisoners/byname.php. [Last Accessed Saturday 27th September 2014].

By Sebastian Jones