Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Social Justice


The social justice I wanted to expose was the immorality of Animal Testing. I wanted to incorporate the human instead of a animal because of the fact that the response of many people to defend the testing on animals is that it benefits humans so it worth it and that they don't feel anything. They use animals for their own personal gain. Animal testing can easily be compared to the Holocaust. Humans feel as though they are dominant and everything they can manage to have power over should be used for themselves. Instead of using their power for the better good they are only concerned with making their lives better. Even in the Holocaust the "Superior Race" used the Minorities as test subjects just as they do now animals. if we see that as inhuman and a tragedy then what makes this any better? They took advantage of the weak in order to advance themselves. Isn't that what animal testing is also? Under the "Animal Testing" there is "Human Testing" reflected underneath it to represent how it would be if it was a human instead of an animal. And at the bottom it says, "If is was you would it still be worth it?" This makes the viewer think of what they would feel it it was them. That is what the "You" and "Worth" is in white instead of black. The eyes are red-ish pink because when you think of animal testing you first think of the albino rats with pink eyes. The person in the   middle is made up on a few different pictures to it looks a little deformed like many of the animals end up. I wanted the person to be looking straight forward so it would give a sense of intensity and seriousness of the situation.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Lots of Self Portrait


Eyes to the soul
This photo seems to by a favorite for a lot of people. I like that my head isn't upright like most pictures tend to be. And I think that a good understanding of color is present in this photo as well with the eyes and flowers. The color match up also creates a sense of unity within the piece and just a beautiful connection between the dead flowers and myself. Eyes are a very important part of most of my art because I feel as though the eyes are the passage way to the soul. You can always tell what someone is thinking and feeling through their eyes. my personal story with this picture is that the flowers were from my boy friend. i don't mean that they were bought. We actually were walking around town and every time he say a pretty flower he grabbed it and gave it to me. by the time we were back home I had a bunch. The flowers were a reminder of what an amazing day that was and to day by day see them withering away was a constant reminder of the changing of times and how easily life goes on by in a blink of an eye. I feel as though this photo displays a good use of the elements and principals of design with the use of color, unity, and rule of thirds.


Sticks And Stones.
I like the extreme asymmetry of this photo with the complete blackness to the right and the light to the left. It reminds me of a stone figure and I like that I didn't hide my flaws I let them become one with the photo. It also goes along with the stone theme of this picture as well. When someone says become hard as stone they mean basically ignore everyone and become emotionally stale and still. This in a lot of cases is when you ignore and tune out the opinions of others. These same opinions are the ones that are the main cause for unstable self confidence problems.


Hide In The Light



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