Alcohol based markers and lighting

 One of the best uses I've found for Alchohol based markers is using them for block colour. Historically I've used them as the background for line art, which is then the focus of the drawing rather than the underlying colour. Taking this property, I have looked at the lighting within Bo Burnham's film: Inside, which looks at his (and the audience's) feelings during covid and turns them into songs. 

His use of lighting is phenomenal throughout the special and conveys how difficult the time was and how simple things like calling your mum were the one ray of light during an incredibly dark time. During his song "facetime with my mom  (tonight)", he is singing about the annoyances of face timing your mom. However, the lighting goes from dark blue to light blue (surrounded by black) when she inevitably calls, and in hanging up, the lighting goes back to darkness, showing how the simple things in life can really brighten up someone's day, even if it is for a brief period.

                                                       

I have used Alchohol markers to show the lighting he has used and therefore show the emotions he has been converting in a very simplistic way, rather than how I'd typically use this medium just as a base colour for line work. I feel like in future, I will think more about the colours I am using as the background of images as they can really make a huge difference to the emotions you are conveying.