Buddhist Culture: Naga and the Bodhi Tree

Story: A naga (snake) protects the Buddha from the elements, while he meditates under the Bodhi tree after his enlightenment 

Media: Colored Pencil, sharpie, Photoshop overlay and a photo of the mountains for the background

War Culture: Civil War

In honor of our vets, I'm adding war culture to my concentration. This was quite time consuming, because I made every mark in Photoshop. 

Media: purely Photoshop 

Before/After

Since the pixels in the background seemed to overcome the piece, I toned them down to allow more focus to the Mountain Man

                                            Before                                                                           After

Greek Goddess of Discord: Eris and her "Apple of Discord"

Another in progress work. Based on story of the goddess of discord, Eris, and her "apple of discord"--meaing something that provokes an argument. 

                                        Before                                                           After

Concentration Preview

How culture defines who we are: Sacred Aspects of Cultural Heritage 

Through my transcontinental travels, I have adopted a fervent desire to learn more about specific cultures held sacred to different countries. My concentration branches off of this passion, following different cases of cultural values, through the usage of layering ink, graphite and photography. Gaining a respect and understanding for different heritages and backgrounds, as well as understanding variety and complexity of culture in the world is simply imperative in the transition to adulthood.

Beach Day

Over my weekend in San Diego, I spent some time with my camera out by the waves! 

Both surfers were very talented, and I was honored to shoot them. 

Opposites, Opposites, Opposites

Well, since I really hate using illustrator and general shapes as frames, it was a suiting opposite to my artistic style to produce something using those both. 

Blurred out the center girl and birds purposely :)

Silk Painting

Feeshy Feeshy Feeshy you are so tiny green, 

Feeshy Feeshy Feeshy please don't eat my spleen

For my finished product, I would rate Feeshy a 4.

3.D The work shows a limited range of intention and purpose. 

5.F The work is technically strong; materials and media are used well to express ideas. 

4.G Within the apparent appropriation of published or photographic sources or the work of 

other artists, the student’s “voice” is discernible; the images have been manipulated to 

express the student’s individual ideas

I felt very proud of this, and I loved the creation process. Watching the ink bleed into the different sections was so cool, however it was a pain when it bled onto the resistor turned out blotchy when I added layers. Overall, I feel silk painting is something I'd wish to continue!

Concentration: Egyptian Culture

Behold Isis, the Egyptian goddess of magic.

 She is the newest family member to my cultural concentration.

Photography, sharpie, pen, and Photoshop