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