ABSTRACT
Or is it a young college student on his way to meet his girlfriend? He wills himself to look not only desperate for a ride, but also to appear trustworthy. He leans forward toward the oncoming car as if to force it to a stop. As the car passes, his body follows it in a defeated attitude. Each disappointment makes him look and feel shorter; his countenance begins to look like a withered tulip. But thoughts of his girlfriend spark him anew, and he continues to hurl psychic thoughts toward the oncoming motorists — “ Stop for me...stop for me... ” If you were animating, perhaps all that could go in, but what if you are making just one gesture drawing. Which part would you portray? Which part of the action would you feature as your choice of the best representation of the story? Would it be the anticipation or pleading when the approaching car is still at a distance, or the diminishing hope and realization that the car is not going to stop as it comes abreast of him without slowing down? Or will you pick the disappointment and perhaps anger when the car zooms past? To that last choice would you add insult to disappointment by having the wind, whipped up by the speeding car, blow his hat off and blow some dust from the road into his eyes or into his lungs, causing a spasm of coughing?
