Artist Statement for Final Project

1) Artist Statement

For my final project, my big idea is emotion. Within this big idea, I will be looking at anger and how it influences actions in a relationship. The two outlooks I want to portray are the couple’s view of the relationship and their perspective. The second view is a by stander, who only see’s a certain part of this relationship. I will use the eye in each of my demonstrations because the eye is a vital tool in seeing and depicting the world around us. In each of the eyes, there is a reflection, one from each of the perspectives. The eye that is in the relationship is blackened and fearful, with an abuser in its presence. The other eye is that of a by-stander who only sees the happy and content couple.  

2)Influences

-The first influence is battered women shelters. Domestic abuse is more common than people know. I feel that more people should be aware of this and those facing domestic abuse should know where to get help. http://www.safehavenshelter.org/

-The second influence came from Alfonso Cevola. I found one of this pictures inspiring. It was useful in helping me portray my reflections in my pictures.

-The final influence came from an artist I found on Flickr, Dude Crush. His use of eyes was amazing. The pictures he took had an abundance of emotion and that was what I was looking for.

 

3) The new Photoshop tool I will attempt to use is the burn tool. I want to use in to create more focus on the eye. Also use it to make the eye appear to be blackened.

Artists

Meaghan Coles is an artist who relates to my big idea. She focuses her paintings on emotions, primarily with the face and the hands. I like her use of color. With subtle tones of browns throughout her paintings, and her use of colors around the eyes to pull the attention there. I feel in her paintings, her big idea is emotions. She draws the face based on which emotion she is trying to portray. Meaghan will soften the eyes to make the person look happy, she may harden the eyes to make the painting have a more fierce look. This artist inspires me to use simple and light colors of areas that I want to focus less on, and use vibrant colors where I want to draw the attention to. Also I like how the painting looks like its dripping, it is a way to make the picture blend together. Stylistically, for my final project, I want to use Coles use of color and dripping to make my pictures have a more complete look.

http://meaghancoles.com/Frames_paintings.html

Alberto Seveso is an artist that caught my attention. I was drawn to this artist because of his use of people and how he manipulates them into something exotic and appealing. The big idea this artist focuses on is, I believe, emotion. I find these pictures inspiring because of the advanced use of Photoshop. I like how the pictures have a 3D appearance. The very bottom picture is one of my favorites. I like how the man seems to have a pattern on his skin, while it is still obvious where his features are. I am curious on how they make their selections and how they put the pictures together. For my final project, I am going to try to pull some of these techniques and incorporate them into my picture. I want to try to use tiny pieces of different pictures to create my overall project.

http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/web/110-artworks-from-the-top-20-digital-artists-in-europe/

Quiz 4

The Notebook and The Dark Knight

When comparing there two movie posters there are clear differences. The Notebook shows two young people, one male and one female, who are in love. This is seen by the way they are embracing each other and the way they are about to kiss. The man and women are also in the rain, which they seem to disregard because they only care about being with one another. This is aimed to catch the attention of women, who love a love story. When looking at The Dark Knight, it has a whole different feel. The use of dark colors, explosions, and fire make it feel less like a love story and more like an action movie. The single figure standing in the middle of the poster seems to have no fear as all the chaos goes on behind him, he is very masculine, which is what the movie poster is trying to portray. This movie would most likely be a male pick. When comparing these movie posters, the titles of the movie are at the bottom of the poster. There is also a blue tint in each poster. The Notebook is more subtle, where the Dark Knight is more distinct, but it's use is a lot darker.

When I chose to combined these two, I wanted to make The Dark Knight more into a love story. I first took out the burning bat sign to get rid of the fire element. I wanted to pull out some of the highlights and take away the dark blue tent, that's when I ended up with the warm gold color. I then put most of the focus on the girl, by making her more bold. The man is kind of fading away to take the emphasis off him. I wanted him to seem like he is choosing to be the dark knight over his loved one. I also made the script more feminine to give it more of a romantic feel.

Midterm 2

My Artist Statement

               My big idea is emotion. The theme within my big idea is love, more specifically the evolution of love. It is how love is passed from generation to generation, and how it remains a part of life. This can connect to everyone, whether it’s within the family or with friends. Love influences our decisions everyday. It can also influence artist in their work. It may be the reason they choose to portray a picture they way they do. And they may even make dedications to someone they love. I chose this theme and big idea because my life is full of love. I see it in my parents all the way to my grandparents. It starts small and then evolves into a lifetime. 

Emotion Collage