For this week's art, our assignment was to make a self-portrait of any medium. I could have whipped out a sketchpad or my watercolors, but my inability to properly paint eyes deterred me. I went back to digital art, where I could create a piece that tells more of a story, and not be so distracted by bad drawing or painting skills. This was made with Goodnotes 5, an iPad application that allowed me to easily crop and cute photos together into this collage of sorts. It shows an image of myself put together with many other pictures I took of myself in various lighting, angles, and emotions which is only well-aligned at the nose/ center of the face. This portion of the piece was inspired by images like these: (https://www.behance.net/gallery/Laltro-Uomo-Book-Volume-01/8449219?utm_content=buffer575fd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest.com&utm_campaign=buffer) and (http://redbarntheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/FACE-COLLAGE.jpg), except I showed how even the colors of one's skin or different features placed together make a human, but can look like they are from people of different ethnic backgrounds, adding to the feeling of confusion, frustration and this notion of race traitorism. The cropped hammock in the middle of a tree from ground-level adds to this sense of disorientation and doubt, especially when realizing what a beautiful and tranquil environment hammocking under the trees is. Purchasing and using my hammock on campus has been life-changing, giving myself the time to reflect on my life and really connect with myself and question my identity.
Interesting. Seems you put a lot of effort into the concept and execution. Still not understanding why image is upside down or purpose of the hammock or small image on the tree. It seems a little incongruous. I would be bolder with the face image (like enlarging and/or playing with blocks placement) and have hammock only in the background (if it has purpose).
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