Re-Imagine This!

This is a picture of a girl holding a hammer in front of glass...not that I need to explain that but anyways, I think I want this picture to be re-imagined using fine art and shadows and lighting, because I really struggle with being able to draw shadows. I think the direction this could go in would be taking one element (hammer, broken glass, etc.) from the picture and really focusing in on that. Maybe isolating the hammer in a totally new theme, such as (just to be super cliche) a person remodeling a house or something, or the glass being re-imagined in an outdoor setting...The only requirement I guess I want to emphasize is taking this in the direction of fine art.

Growth Artwork

Over break, I went and took pictures of my little brother and Bekah's little sisters...this is one of my favorite pictures that I edited to have selective color, because I felt like the background was kind of distracting and it is such a beautiful picture of Abby, I wanted the focus to be on her.

Weekly Challenges 9 & 10

I am actually really proud of this picture. I don't usually do a ton of drawing, so I decided for my "Embracing The Weather" weekly challenge, I would do something new and draw it...mostly. I drew the base sketch of the girl, then took the picture into photoshop and colored it and added the frame. I think it turned out really pretty...not perfect, but I like it.

This is my Weekly Challenge 10, which was to just take an image from earlier in the semester and kind of rework it...this is a picture I took while doing a concentration photoshoot, and I think it's cute so I played with the colors to make it a little more interesting and voila. I don't know kind of fun I guess?

New Concentration

Concentration: In-Progress

            “Society Demands Perfection, But We Demand Acceptance Of Our Own Imperfect Beauty." The theme for my concentration is women in society, and the battle between self-acceptance and the constant degradation of society towards women. For this series, I used a variety of medias including photography, Photoshop, and pencil. I chose this series theme because I have been raised my entire life to believe in myself, to be confident no matter what, and not to let society bring me down. I’m very passionate on the issue of the media, the workplace, and society in general constantly teaching girls that they are not good enough, or that men are in any way better than them. Through this series, I try to bring to a head the idea that this simply isn’t true. No matter what we might be told, we don’t need the reinforcement of magazines, celebrities, or what-have-you to reinforce our own self-worth.This series explores the idea of a girl coming into her own against the role society places her in. The main idea behind my inspiration is inner beauty.

Weekly Challenge 8: Opposites

This WC was doing our Artistic Opposites. According to Bert, my opposites are photographing boys, animals, cars, and/or taking super photo-pure pictures. Well...this little montage thing has three of those! This is my little brother and my dog. The only edits to the pictures are adjustments to the color (black and white) and little adjustments to contrast/etc.

Silk Painting

       

              On my silk painting, I give myself a four on the AP scoring rubric. I feel that my piece does show 5D, successful engagement with experimentation and/or risk-taking. I feel that my piece also shows the following qualities of a four on the rubric: 4B, some clear decision-making and intention; 4C, a demonstration of some imaginative ideas and purposeful manipulation of the elements and principles of design in the work’s composition; 4E, evocative and engaging qualities though some lack of confidence or lack of engaging qualities with confidence is demonstrated in the work.