Mr. Charles asked us to watch a lecture video about self portrait. Ms. Jinchi
firstly gave an introduction of the lecture about human being. Humans are
social creature who have to interact with people. Our way of interact make
people see ourself. Sometimes what we want to interact is different from what
we interact to people. By interacting, we let people see us, like our
personality, emotions, etc. The way our parents see us can be different from
the way our friends see us.
fig. 1 ourself, source; lecture's video
Then, Ms. Jinchi introduced us to a self portrait. so what's a self
portrait?
Ms. Jinchi played us a video by Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
So, answered by Ms. Jinchi, self portrait is a representation of our self in the
form of drawing / painting / sculpture / design. It's a visual depiction of
self.
Adding from skillshare.com, self portrait is an artwork that describe the author, like how we see
ourselves, how're we feeling, how we want others to see us. It's not
always about creating a self realistic image of ourself.
fig. 3, what's a self portrait, source; lecture's video
Then, Ms. Jinchi gave some examples and inspiration for our self portraits.
1. Upload your design for Self-Portrait 2. Make sure you also have: a) recap of the lecture on Self-Portrait b) visual research c) idea exploration with brief descriptions d) feedback from lecturer e) final design outcome (pictures must neatly cropped and must not be shadowy/blur) with brief rationale f) brief reflection for the week
First, I did some understanding on what's a "self portrait"?
"A self-portrait is a representation of an artist that is drawn, painted,
photographed, or sculpted by that artist." - Wikipedia
So, it's basically a representation of ourself. In the lecture that have
been provided, Ms. Jinchi said that self portrait can be expressed through
painting / drawing / sculpture / design. So, I searched all the possible model of self portrait.
I found out that self portrait illustrated the artist visuals. But out of
that, it can be a media to express artist certain personalities /
expressions / what do the artist think about something. Thus, I began to
explore more about various types of self portrait. While I'm scrolling
Pinterest, I found this:
I'm very interested in this kind of style, I'm inspired by the author
braveness on showing the dark side of him/herself. I want to be that brave.
Then, I began to look more, and find this inspiration.
I found fig.17 art is very interesting. It reminds me of a K-Drama
I watched some times ago. I'm actually not quite confidence with my art
style, so these illustrations gave me some motivation to be more confident.
So, I began inspired to make something that "shows" my dark side, my dark
and negative emotions, the side of myself that others don't see. So,
here're my drafts. They're actually the same but have slight differences.
The girl in the first sketch holds a doll, while the second holds a
childish artwork. Then, the second sketch shows some hands pointing
towards her, as if they're expecting / demanding something from her.
fig. 21, Sketch 1
fig. 22, Sketch 2
EXECUTION
So here's my attempt on giving her color, I started with base color:
(btw the color haven't been adjusted to be harmonious, so..)
fig. 23, Base I
fig. 24, Base II
I searched for a color palette with something similar like color on draft 1,
so I found some and decide on this color palette that I got from Adobe
Colors:
fig. 25, Color Palette
I adjust it a little, and add a little gradient, and here it is:
fig. 26, adjusted
fig. 27, Gradient 1
I darkened the color scheme a bit, and add some red ropes that tied her.
fig. 28, preview (unfinished)
fig. 29, added rope
I added some points to show a more "control" in her.
fig. 30, points
Then, I adjusted the background a little, I decided to remove the doll / children painting because I think it's not necessary to add too much element.
fig. 31, adjusted bg
Then, this's my final result:
fig. 32, final
Design Principles contained in the artwork:
Balance (Asymmetrical)
Emphasis
Contrast
Harmony
Repetition
I want to show people my "self portrait" by showing about my feelings, the things that I feel that people don't see. It isn't the self that I want to represent to people, I just want to show what my actual self looks like. It's about a little girl, I drew a little girl because I want to show my "childish" side. I make it using digital draw cause I don't like to do something to hard and complicated. I also like digital painting. I drew myself as a broken porcelain doll, to represent the side that people always see, a beautiful thing, but actually it's broken. I drew butterfly wings to show a form of "metaphor" to show that I'm tired of being tied and controlled for every move and decision I make. The shocked face shows a tiring face. The red ropes shows about "controlling", and I use red color to define terms of "blood," means I mostly got controlled by parents. I also added some pointing hands, because I want to represent "demands, expectations". I made the background look like waiting in time, to show that I've been longing for freedom for a long time.
Mr. Charles said it's a very strong and interesting idea, it
shows the "hardships" and "struggles" the girl had experienced.
It's already good, but need more modification, maybe add a scissor
/ knife / cutting tools to show more about the strings cut.
From this assignment, I learnt more about myself. I become more aware with
my feeling, and what I'm going through. I drew something that I feel not
secure about. I drew my dark side. I noticed that I'm being braver for
myself opening up and getting out from my past which tied me up and make
me think negatively. I'm very happy to be able to "shout out" my feeling
through my illustration.
WEEK 8:
I feel like I started to found what I like, my passion, even thought I
think it's kind of weird. I found out that I really like to draw
something "deep" with dark elements and childish style like I did.
Different artists have different style too, and that's what make their
style "unique". I want to start to become more confidence about my
style.
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