The inspiration of designing my self-portrait came from my race-mixture identity, and it, to be honest, was not easy to be created not because of the problem or skill of designing, but because of the fact that I am half Chinese and half Uyghur (Turkish descendent). Having a background with two completely discrepant cultures and appearances really renders me a hard time correctly defining my true identity, let alone my self-portrait. Should I create my portrait to be closer like a real Asian? Or should I create my portrait to be closer like a real Turkish descendent? The answer might be provided based on the social acceptance or recognition of certain races or colors of individuals, since some people believe, for instance, that white people is considered to be superior than black people, Asian is considered to be smarter than other races, and even people with religion of Christian or Buddhism is considered to be more lofty and respected than those with religion of Islam. Nevertheless, the answer is much simpler, which is that I should be me. Therefore, that is the reason why I tended to create my self-portrait with my real appearance, not deliberately to be apt to either Asian or Turkish descendent.
The self-portrait was originally designed through PhotoShop with cartoon layer in terms of my true selfie. I deliberately used cartoon of me in that I don’t want myself, based on so-called social acceptance norms, to be easily categorized into either Asian or Turkish group, so I can truly be myself, and cartoon is merely a way of expressing myself.
Cartoon Selfie:
Lovely portrait but it was done on an app and not from you. Please consider drawing your own image and adding symbols to reflect your concept.
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