Mechanical Self Portrait:
I chose this piece to be my most challenging, but successful piece of all. Successful, because this piece incorporates a variety of my creative, imaginative ideas, that I felt I had yet to show in earlier pieces. This, I believe is the first piece that represents my expressive mind.
This piece is called Mechanical Self Portrait. My goal was to create something that could perceive a sort of message. What I was aiming for in this art, was to portray myself being devoured by technology. Today in our generation, most of us seem to fall under the trending notion of having a phone, video game, television - any form of technology that is in. Well, with this piece, by including the mechanical concept, I also manipulated it to fit my own creative ideas.
The original thought for this was to have my head tilted with oil drizzling down from my ears, mouth, nose, etc. to give a eerie dark mood to it, that is also involved into the final piece. I sketched head angles, and chose which one I thought I should do. I decided to do this, because I thought to myself that this idea was different. Using the oil as tears added onto the gory effect as well.
But, I knew I had to add even more technical elements to make this piece successful.
I would like to say one of the main focus of the work was the wires. I wanted to definitely include this feature, but make it as if its cracking into the skin, growing into and out of the mouth, wrapping around my head as if taking over my face just like technology is taking over human life. The idea for the cracks was simple to show myself broken, broken from society and in my own digital world as some sort of mechanical monster. It also represents the wires cracking into my life, or human life in general, changing myself and morphing me. One last feature I hope to catch a viewers eye, is the plug. This was a last idea that I was definitely hesitant with. I did want to be original, and I sought this challenge by adding it in. Why I chose to add a plug was to put the notion that even though I'm 'unplugged' I'm still being engulfed by all sorts of different things. These were ideas that came along the way that I do not regret adding.
I won't focus on all the features I included, because they are simple ideas I added on the piece. I wanted the features I mentioned to be the main focal points, to let the eyes wander to them to seek a different interpretation. This was the hardest yet most creative challenge I have put myself in so far, and am quiet satisfied with the results, but I am very weary with the proportions, but of course, this has taught me a lot. I decided to think outside of the box, to draw something that looked unique and different.
This piece is called Mechanical Self Portrait. My goal was to create something that could perceive a sort of message. What I was aiming for in this art, was to portray myself being devoured by technology. Today in our generation, most of us seem to fall under the trending notion of having a phone, video game, television - any form of technology that is in. Well, with this piece, by including the mechanical concept, I also manipulated it to fit my own creative ideas.
The original thought for this was to have my head tilted with oil drizzling down from my ears, mouth, nose, etc. to give a eerie dark mood to it, that is also involved into the final piece. I sketched head angles, and chose which one I thought I should do. I decided to do this, because I thought to myself that this idea was different. Using the oil as tears added onto the gory effect as well.
But, I knew I had to add even more technical elements to make this piece successful.
I would like to say one of the main focus of the work was the wires. I wanted to definitely include this feature, but make it as if its cracking into the skin, growing into and out of the mouth, wrapping around my head as if taking over my face just like technology is taking over human life. The idea for the cracks was simple to show myself broken, broken from society and in my own digital world as some sort of mechanical monster. It also represents the wires cracking into my life, or human life in general, changing myself and morphing me. One last feature I hope to catch a viewers eye, is the plug. This was a last idea that I was definitely hesitant with. I did want to be original, and I sought this challenge by adding it in. Why I chose to add a plug was to put the notion that even though I'm 'unplugged' I'm still being engulfed by all sorts of different things. These were ideas that came along the way that I do not regret adding.
I won't focus on all the features I included, because they are simple ideas I added on the piece. I wanted the features I mentioned to be the main focal points, to let the eyes wander to them to seek a different interpretation. This was the hardest yet most creative challenge I have put myself in so far, and am quiet satisfied with the results, but I am very weary with the proportions, but of course, this has taught me a lot. I decided to think outside of the box, to draw something that looked unique and different.
Mini Lessons
Fabric Drawings:
Throughout the year, I developed artistic skills through class-taught lessons that I know will most definitely be essential to me in the future. One that has made a beneficial impact in my work, is the Fabric Lesson. The class and I learned how to draw fabric realistically, from real-life drawing, by using shading and lighting. Incorporating contrast is vital when drawing fabric. I did know this, but I never quite had the needed practice to make perfect the skill. Before, I did need a lot more of instruction for success, which my teacher help majorly. Something so simple as drawing fabric can be a challenge, but it is one that has helped me in future projects (like the one below).
Fabric Drawings:
Throughout the year, I developed artistic skills through class-taught lessons that I know will most definitely be essential to me in the future. One that has made a beneficial impact in my work, is the Fabric Lesson. The class and I learned how to draw fabric realistically, from real-life drawing, by using shading and lighting. Incorporating contrast is vital when drawing fabric. I did know this, but I never quite had the needed practice to make perfect the skill. Before, I did need a lot more of instruction for success, which my teacher help majorly. Something so simple as drawing fabric can be a challenge, but it is one that has helped me in future projects (like the one below).
Contour Drawings:
This lesson was extremely challenging for me, more so on how to do it. Understanding it was okay to learn, but actually drawing was a bit of a challenge – especially for a perfectionist like me. It's hard controlling your medium when not being able to look at what you draw (when it comes to blind), but it is beneficial because it helps you focus on the tiny details, even if the picture comes out looking a little abstract. I don't feel like more instruction is needed for me to master this, but if asked I would most definitely appreciate having more time to practice.
I chose Nory's Opacity/Transparency drawing because I think this is a great example of capturing the concept of the project. She used the Prismacolor in a vibrate and unique way. Her idea for the work was original – having a man with a plastic mask over his face, who would have thought of that? Now, throughout Nory's work of art she's created a lot of out-of-the-box drawings that not many would think of, and this is definitely one of her most successful and creative pieces. The use of color is what caught my eye with this piece – the dark pink tint on the cheeks, the pink on the lips, the dark blue pupils, the light blue collar and the green in the background. They all seemed to compliment each other, or go together, that makes the art really stand out. Also, the use of line is prominent in her work as well. She didn't just give the subject a plain face, but instead actually showed that there's a mask on the face. She creased the lines around the mouth, made the jaw jagged and the eyes crinkled. Nory didn't make the picture look flat, but gave the man human features that made the artwork even more interesting to look at. Nory went out of her comfort zone, and effectively made the mask looking transparent – which seemed like a challenge – but overall she overcame it and completed the project with a great outcome.