Image references and stories that dealing with the topic "loneliness"?

xin li

@deborah-Haagenson I know what you mean :-). thanks for sharing your thoughts. It does take an effort if you do not want to be alone. I would add that it also requires an effort if one wants to be alone and content/happy. I think it might be good to do both: put an effort to make friends and put an effort into learning to be alone as well

xin li

@chrisaakins thank you for your suggestions. I will definitely try to play with the camera angles.

idid

check out Isabella Arsenaults newbook Albert's quiet quest

it is about being along and feeling content I believe. I haven't got the book though, ordered it yesterday and still on its way to my home now.

deborah Haagenson

@xin-li Yes it does!

xin li

@idid yah. I have a copy of that book. I loved it. Thanks for making that connection for me.

Braxton

The Heart and The Bottle by Jeffers isn't all about loneliness per se, but I find this spread to be beautifully evocative of what it feels like to miss one person in particular

xin li

@Braxton thank you so much. This is so good.
I found the way Jeffers drawing the shadow in this spread is very interesting, the rough pencil lines add some chaotic feeling within a very quiet spread.

The perspective of the room on the right side of the spread is just tilted a little, making me feel a bit uneasy.

I am going to try these elements directly into my sketch.

xin li

@Braxton I wan to cry a bit after reading this book. Thank you for sharing.

LauraA

@xin-li Other stories and ideas don't come readily to mind at the moment, but if I think of anything, I'll let you know. What I did want to say is that the spareness of this composition and her isolation on the other page convey the concept beautifully.

xin li

@LauraA thank you Laura. Currently, I am playing the idea of using the gutter as the storytelling device throughout the entire book, as a metaphor for "being separated". I love the idea of using something that is inherited property of a book as a storytelling device. I am hoping to get it to work.

LauraA

@xin-li Yes, I think it will work well. Great idea!