ART 212

      The fourth project I had to complete for ART 212 was revolved around either consumerism, capitalism, or mass media. I choose to focus on consumerism and how people buy so much just for most of it be thrown away almost immediately. To convey this I depicted a man being buried in his own trash reaching out for help but it's too late. I main goal for this piece was to make sure all of the trash and labels were rendered well, which I think I accomplished. Working in sections like I normally do helped me with this piece, blocking in main colors and goin back to add detail and logos. Also being able to accomplish the face rendering in the music project also helped me with the face in this one.

      The third project I had to complete for ART 212 was revolved around music. For the assignment we had to create a piece that depicted our own music taste. For this piece, instead of creating a collage of many different artists like most people in the class did, I focused on my favorite artist, Rex Orange County, and wanted to depict how his music feels to listeners. Taking key symbols from his music and albums, the DREAM balloons and the sunflowers, I created a safe and calming aesthetic with the singer as the main focal point. I worked in sections similar to how I created my other pieces, this time really focusing on the rendering of the face and flowers, redeeming myself from the second project. Ultimately, this piece made up for my mistakes from the second project and was highly successful. 

           The second project I had to create for ART 212 was revolved around movies.  For the assignment, I had to collage together two different movies into one cohesive scene. The two movies I choose were Midsommar and Insidious because they are both horror movies but have very different aesthetics. The demon on the left of the piece is. from Insidious, and the woman with the flower dress and headpiece is from Midsommar. I started the piece by painting the demon and the woman's face. I ultimately struggled with rendering the face because of the harsh shadow on the left side of her face. This I had to keep in mind for future projects. I then finished with blocking in the solid colors of the flowers and then going back in with detail.