UIC Art 160
Wasan 6B (2)
My project is about representing myself through representations of myself- a straightforward introduction to who I am and what I am capable of, as a cartoonist, a sculptor, and a virtual modeler.
In this first shoot, “The Artist as a Mesh”, I made a collage of various versions of my 3D self-portraits and took a picture of the screen. They were experiments, some successful, some failures. They also represent my foray into a medium I was formerly unfamiliar with, and my journey as I got more accustomed to it. The alternate version of the same screen, but with a colder glow and a different arrangement of the images.
In the second shoot, “The Artist as a Cartoon”, I printed out several past cartoon renditions of myself and piled them on top of one another. The dot matrix comprisal of the printed images turns fragments into smaller fragments- how easy it is to get lost in multiples and matrices! There is the You that you see, and the infinite ways that others see You. The alternate version of the second shoot has me holding up a mirror self-portrait I had done of myself in drawing class. It was taken by Sierra Turner, to whom I had given instructions to make sure that I appear at the center of the photo.
In the last shoot, “The Artist as a Sculpt”, I posed my terrifying clay rabbit puppet in front of a mirror, questioning her nonexistence. The alternate version is a portrait of her, sitting on a nice green blanket, with a jacket hill in the background.
Wasan 6B (2)
My project is about representing myself through representations of myself- a straightforward introduction to who I am and what I am capable of, as a cartoonist, a sculptor, and a virtual modeler.
In this first shoot, “The Artist as a Mesh”, I made a collage of various versions of my 3D self-portraits and took a picture of the screen. They were experiments, some successful, some failures. They also represent my foray into a medium I was formerly unfamiliar with, and my journey as I got more accustomed to it. The alternate version of the same screen, but with a colder glow and a different arrangement of the images.
In the second shoot, “The Artist as a Cartoon”, I printed out several past cartoon renditions of myself and piled them on top of one another. The dot matrix comprisal of the printed images turns fragments into smaller fragments- how easy it is to get lost in multiples and matrices! There is the You that you see, and the infinite ways that others see You. The alternate version of the second shoot has me holding up a mirror self-portrait I had done of myself in drawing class. It was taken by Sierra Turner, to whom I had given instructions to make sure that I appear at the center of the photo.
In the last shoot, “The Artist as a Sculpt”, I posed my terrifying clay rabbit puppet in front of a mirror, questioning her nonexistence. The alternate version is a portrait of her, sitting on a nice green blanket, with a jacket hill in the background.