Art Show: My Future

My last project, a quilt square called “My Future” is my best project by far, it depicts my future the way I want it but with a mysterious concept. The sky is dramatic and cloudy which represents a storm and chaos a long with a lot of indecisiveness. But despite the storm I am walking up rugged stairs, which have engraved in them my dreams according to how I have them planned. But at the top of the stairs I have a big rose which means despite everything I plan to head towards my passion. Throughout the sky are also music notes and little images of me in contemplative positions, since that is what gets me by everyday. On the side of the picture is also a picture of me sitting in a cloud looking really stressed. My future is my best project and of this entire year what I am most proud of. Throughout the year with each project there is evident progress in my work and creativity and this piece gives a brief summary of everything I have learned this year and how far I have come along since the beginning.

Graduation Program

When critiquing my own work compared to that of my peers, I feel as though, I may not have grasped the concept as much as I could. And focused too much on being different and not cliche rather than the actual expectations. And though mine was a good idea, it still did not turn out to be the best of its potential. I think I could of tried to stay within the boundaries of a regular graduation program. Graphic design was not as hard as I made it out to be, I have had previous experience with this concept, with designing websites for companies through internships and so on. But for some reason, I think just the overall bland topic of it being for Cesar Chavez High School is what caught me, because even when I was doing work for other companies, I still had creativity leeway that allowed me to utilize my potential.

The most important of Graphic Design would be the message and theme of it overall, in society it's what encourages people to buy and sell products. Everything is based on image, so first impression is key.

Si Se Puede / Academic Letters

When it comes to art, I work best when going by own rules and trying to capture my own visual. But I would say after reviewing all the work of my peers, I could of attempted to grasp the clients visual or expectations a bit better. I think through out this selection of works, one can see that I struggled with creating what they wanted and how I felt it should of been. I think one strength that both of my program creations had was that they weren't random and completely off chart, they followed what could of been a possible consideration by far, I saw some work that I felt had nothing to do with the theme of academics, so I think I did alright in that category.

Personal Quilt

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Past

Future

In the beginning of the project I had no idea how I wanted to do anything I had a somewhat visual and knew that I wanted it to be really creative and really grasp me, but I had no idea how I would do that. My first quilt square that I did was my “Inside Me”, where we had to make a quilt square based on what goes on inside you as far as wants, thoughts, beliefs etc. I’m someone who spends a lot of time thinking and stressing as you will learn through out the rest of my squares so I made my “Inside Me” with the theme of me looking up at my dreams that’s something that is a continuous thought for me, what I want and how I’m going to get it are all daily questions that I ask myself. My 2^nd quilt square I did was “my past”, it was the easiest and I think a bit too easy. I just took the cliché concept of pictures of my past and made it into a collage with music notes in the background at first, but I needed a creative touch to it, so I started on my “Outside Me” until I got more ideas, and it worked like a charm. Despite the fact that I think that “My Past” quilt square is my weakest of all, it isn’t bad, it grasps me as a young girl and has a all black picture of me filled with what “my past” with held and makes me, me today. My “Outside Me” turned out the same but with a moon and stars background which gave me an idea for my last quilt “My Future”, which was by far the best.

My last quilt square “My Future” is my best quilt square it depicts my future the way I want it but with a mysterious concept. The sky is dramatic and cloudy which represents a storm and chaos a long with a lot of indecisiveness. But despite the storm I am walking up rugged stairs, which have engraved in them my dreams according to how I have them planned. But at the top of the stairs I have a big rose which means despite everything I plan to head towards my passion. Throughout the sky are also music notes and little images of me in contemplative positions, since that is what gets me by everyday. On the side of the picture is also a picture of me sitting in a cloud looking really stressed. My future was my best and of this entire project what I am most proud of. Throughout the project you can see in order how I get better with each quilt square.

Artist Statement

In my portfolio one can view a selection of photos taken or created by me and my partner over the course of this semester. My portfolio is very creative as it demonstrates various compositional tricks that have been learned over time and practiced to master such photos. Through out all that we learned in this semester, I feel I have done exceptionally well with Drawing With Light, a compositional trick in which one must utilize natural effects form the environment such as shadows to add emphasis and quality to a photo. I also learned more than I already had experienced with the software, Photoshop, as we used it to add more effects to our photos.

Through out the semester, I feel that my biggest challenge came when I had to be the model in a project. I do better taking pictures, than I do being in the picture, because I can’t see what the photographer does. Another challenge was when dealing with the compositional trick Macro, in which close up shots are taken to master and capture every small detail of a simple emphasis. I couldn’t exactly think of anything in the school that would be artistic in my eyes, when up close.

Since the beginning of the semester, I feel as though my photography skills have improved and I notice a good photo almost anywhere. When I take or see a photo anywhere I can identify compositional tricks and see what they used or focused on to make the photo as they did. I think that my artwork has improved and my computer skills with Photoshop has gotten better as well.

Personal Words

The lyrics I chose for this project are "Day N Nite" by Kid Cudi



"Day n nite. I toss and turn, I keep stressin’ my mind, mind. I look for peace, but see I don’t attain. What I need for keeps this silly game we play, play. Now look at this. Madness the magnet keeps attracting me, me. I try to run, but see I’m not that fast. I think I’m first but surely finish last, last. ‘Cause day n nite, The lonely stoner seems to free his mind at nite. He’s all alone through the day n nite"

I chose these lyrics because they remind me a lot of myself. In my spare time I think about everything all through the hours of the night. I also take long walks at night just to clear my head often. I keep a

Social Issue: "TORN"

In my photo I am standing in a stance as if I'm in misery and wishing things were easier.. The sky is grey and dramatically dark and light, which gives off a sense of change or undecisive mood. Photos of my dad and I are on one side and on the other side my mom and I are in the sky. The photos are cracked as if destroyed, there is a gloomy mood over the picture and there are dramatic words that spell "torn" going down the middle that divide the picture.

The photo displays the impact decisions decided by parents can have on children. I relate to this because I am a witness to this issue. Once a home has been divided the life of the parents may change for the better, but the children are often left in the wind to decide their own outcome. Parents often get so caught up in trying to get better with life and eliminate all flaws whether it be their spouse or job they forget to consider the lives of their children and the child is left to make their own decisions because no one else is there to make them. This issue means a lot to me because it explains a lot about me and why I am the way I am.