Artist statement: I didn't explore many new tools with this project - instead, I mostly worked with what I knew best. The first portrait I did was taking "self portrait" a little more literally: I took a photograph of myself and purposefully pixelized it. I wanted to convey the fact that I want to be a graphic designer with this piece. My second piece was "based off" the reflective quality of water. I am a twin and I have always loved the ocean, so I conveyed both of these concepts through reflecting my name. Additionally, I conveyed my love of art by giving the bottom half a "painterly" feel and also conveyed my quiet nature by using a light grey color. My final piece revolves mostly around my pets. I love minimalism so I wanted to convey a lot of simplicity with this piece: I took my initials (which I write often - I always start my class notes with my initials in the top right corner) and filled them in with a picture I took of my Quaker Parrot, Sammy. In the bottom-right corner, I wrote my name in cursive like I always did when I was in art classes when I was younger.
