Identity Portrait Artist Statement
This artwork is made out of magazine paper molded together to form a portrait of me. I started this project by picking out an image to represent myself. I chose to use one of my many senior pictures. I used this picture because of how it represents that I’m a senior and that I am close to moving on from high school. While I was looking for skin, I also looked for country and farm images. I love the outdoors so I knew I had to add that to my portrait. I found a tractor with the sunset and I chose to put that as my background. Portraits can tell you things about the person that you might not have known. When people put images in their backgrounds those images mean something to them. You could put food, words, and many other things that interest you. Making a self-portrait could give you the opportunity to show people you. You are making your own face and you choose what your picture looks like. You can choose what you want for your background that interests, or is special to you. Making a portrait can be better than just taking a picture, for example, you can express yourself differently using what you want. By taking a picture all you get is just a picture of you. I was able to put what I want in my background for the portrait. |
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Real Anatomy of Technology
Technology is a big part of everyone's lives today. People use technology to get to work, talk to people, see what people are doing on social media, and be closer than ever with the world. two of my friends and I use technology everyday like phones to text and being at home and playing video games. It’s not the same as kids in the past where they ride bikes, play outside, and etc. Phones, TVs, and cars will affect my future in many different ways. They will become more advanced and more addicting to the public. TVs will be getting bigger and better and with better quality. Phones will be connecting people with each other and being addicting. Cars will be getting faster and more efficient. My life is different from my grandparents in many ways. All of my household appliances are electric or made with advanced technology. My grandparents had radios and less advanced appliances. People going into art can just search for examples of what they want to paint and can see many options. To be employed people can sign up online and people can hire them from the internet. Artists can use the internet for references for their art. Technology is the advancement of humans. Humans invent machines and make technology to further the world in technology. I think my family is very dependent on the fridge, cars, and washing/drying machines. We use these appliances every day multiple times a day. We couldn't save food without the fridge. We wouldn't be able to go places faster than walking. We would have to wait for a long time for our clothes to dry. A lot of people are addicted to their phones. Either they are on social media or playing games. People could do other activities in the time they use their phone. They could go workout, go for a walk, or spend time with people. Life without technology would be a huge difference. No computers for school or work. People wouldn't be connected through social media. There would be more free time to do other things like hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities. I drew an Xbox controller because playing video games has been a big part of my life since I was very young. Starting with the 3DS, then the Wii, after that the PS3, to the PS4, and now I have an Xbox. I have played these with my family and friends most of my life. |
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The Value of Words
The words I used in my artwork are song lyrics. Most of the songs are older than my age. Some songs are from a movie I like or just songs I like listening to. Some of the songs are about mountains. I drew a mountain out of words with a snowmobile because I like hiking on mountains and driving snowmobiles. Mountains are also good for snowmobiles and backgrounds. People communicate with each other using words. There are many different kinds of words that can be used. People use words to get messages through. Words can describe art. Either through the actual image made of words or by describing it. Not all art needs words. Some art can just get the message across without words by images. Including words in artwork can challenge people to read and understand the message. Spoken words can describe and artwork well. People can hear the words being said and understand the art. When I make art I prefer to hand write it, I could use more techniques on the art. |
Automatic drawing
Automatic drawing is when an artist just goes to work. They just draw or make what comes to mind, what they feel. Artists would make these kinds of drawings to show their emotions. Making this art was difficult for me, I didn’t know what to draw. When I drew this piece I only used black and red. I was showing darker tones and big pictures. I started to scribble and that led to more scribbles which led to big black circles or areas. I don't think this artwork is good, It looks like a big mess. I would name this artwork disaster for how crazy and wild it looks.
Automatic drawing is when an artist just goes to work. They just draw or make what comes to mind, what they feel. Artists would make these kinds of drawings to show their emotions. Making this art was difficult for me, I didn’t know what to draw. When I drew this piece I only used black and red. I was showing darker tones and big pictures. I started to scribble and that led to more scribbles which led to big black circles or areas. I don't think this artwork is good, It looks like a big mess. I would name this artwork disaster for how crazy and wild it looks.
Still LifeThe objects I painted represent some of my favorite movies or characters from movies. Each item resembles the person and what they stand for. My life without these items would just be less joyful. I’ve known these characters most of my life, I’ve enjoyed them for a long time. I view these objects as favorites of mine. The materials in their form are known throughout the world.
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Art for a Change
The times I went to Sea World in my life, they always said how they want to keep the oceans clean. The commercials about saving sea life by cleaning our oceans are all over, I see those commercials very frequently. Images and videos of sea life being killed or mangled by human trash are disturbing, but they need to be recognized more. I want to clean the oceans and restore sea life. I haven’t seen any turtles in danger in real life, I don't really see the ocean much. But those sea creatures are in trouble.
Other people might think that that’s not my problem or they just don't care about sea life. People might not care about sea life if they know that it doesn't affect them. I don't think this artwork is very offensive. If people don't like seeing turtles covered in trash they might be sad but it shouldn’t offend anybody. It’s okay for artwork to offend people, art is just people’s opinions, and not everyone agrees with people’s opinions. It was hard to come up with a topic, but I just thought about the ocean because I knew the ocean has some topic. I then thought of pollution in the ocean. Turtles are a main factor in ocean pollution so I thought I would paint a turtle.
Other people might think that that’s not my problem or they just don't care about sea life. People might not care about sea life if they know that it doesn't affect them. I don't think this artwork is very offensive. If people don't like seeing turtles covered in trash they might be sad but it shouldn’t offend anybody. It’s okay for artwork to offend people, art is just people’s opinions, and not everyone agrees with people’s opinions. It was hard to come up with a topic, but I just thought about the ocean because I knew the ocean has some topic. I then thought of pollution in the ocean. Turtles are a main factor in ocean pollution so I thought I would paint a turtle.