What happens when a poet picks up a pen and remembers she likes to sketch too:)
I write poetry over at @words.bycm on IG and since Inktober is here, I thought it was time to let that side of me out of its little corner of Instagram.
An animated extension of After the Portrait, my submission to the Recraft × Contra Archive Style Challenge.
Bronzino’s young man has always struck me as confident, slightly arrogant and unafraid of being seen. I imagined him stepping out of his formal portrait and into an evening of poetry, sharing, drinking and dancing with the boys—five centuries later.
This video adds movement to that world, keeping the painted surfaces, intimate atmosphere and blue glow of contemporary life.
Take a look at the full series and the idea behind it in my original submission: