Why did you select this artwork to recreate and what did you decide to change to improve the original? Explain your thinking process. I chose this artwork because I thought it would be easier to gauge how much I have improved. It's a portrait, so there's a lot of shading and detail that goes into it. The original didn't have much detail and the lines were a little too solid. When I recreated it, I though more about shading and detail, and I looked up some reference photos so I could make sure the shapes and proportions were accurate. The eyelashes in the recreated version aren't as bold, and the nose is more shading than lines. The hair has more detail and better highlights and shadows. I made the neck shorter and the teeth not as bright. The person in the picture is based on a character from Tokyo Ghoul, but I didn't try to draw her exactly as the original artist did; I used my own style. Original artist's vs. mine. How does the difference between the two works of art show your growth as an artist during this class? How do you think your art making ability has changed or improved? I think you can tell from the two works of art that I have a better understanding of how shading and shapes work. Before, when I was drawing hair I would just draw sketchy lines because I was trying to do the individual hair strands. Now, I draw the basic shape and then I go in and shade individual parts. Not all the lines are the same, because the hair isn't flat. Some parts are darker and some parts are kind of loose. I also know how to add in the highlights without making them look too sharp. I also improved the way I draw eyes. The lines are softer and the shape isn't usually perfectly defined. The eyelids usually aren't that wide if the eye is open. How do artists document the human experience through art? Use an image of your work or another artist's work for this question. Artists document the human experience through art by making art about things they feel strongly about. Every piece of art could be about the human experience in some way; artists are human so anything they experience could be called "the human experience." All art has some degree of emotion in it, and artists often speak out about issues they experience or have seen people experience. Artists often use symbolism in their work. For example, I used a brain and my project was on psychosis. The flowers the brain is "crushing" represents the stigma about psychosis. I chose to do this because I have experience with battling that stigma; people with psychosis are often demonized and treated like they are dangerous or fragile. Part of this is the "psycho killer" stereotype horror movies and the media portray. "Psychotic" is often used as an insult or something that carries negative connotations, despite the fact that it is a medical term describing symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, etc. The words I wrote on the brain are all statements describing this. How have you used art to document the human experience in this class? Use an image of your own work here. In the identity project, I documented the human experience by making a visual journal. The cover uses popped balloons, bows, tissue paper, confetti, and paint to create the feeling of a party. Parties are usually considered fun, but the red paint, made to look like blood, is supposed to illustrate that there are often darker themes behind both parties and birthdays. A lot of bad things happen at parties: fights, rape (especially at college parties), and anything else that could possibly happen when you have a large amount of people gathered together. Birthday parties, especially, can often be a turning point in someone's life. Abuse is such a taboo subject in society. No one wants to think about abuse victims, especially child sexual abuse victims. They cover it up and try to hide that it happens to so many people.
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