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Terra Cotta soldiers

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"Cue 13"

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"The margins must hold while the center cannot"

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Pastel, gesso, gel medium, sharpie, marker

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Experimenting this time with paint and pastel. The flatness of the paint really brings the nose into sharper focus, which was fun to see.

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Experienting again with marker and pastel.

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Wanted to play around with the contrast of sharpie and oil pastel. Illustration board. Really like this piece.

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I was thinking of tattoo-style art this time around. The background dripped into a very aurora-like design, and we often associate the aurora borealis with mountains and wilderness.

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I bought a new underwear set the other day, so I thought "what better way to show if off than to draw a picture of yourself in it?"

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Showing the progression of a girl's age and how her imaginary friends age with her. She loses some over time, but in the end, she still has one that is with her.

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The inspiration for this project came to me right after the results of the election. Nearly all my friends are what they would describe as liberals, feminists, and democrats. They were shocked at the results of the election, and many of them took to social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to vent their sadness and disbelief. Among the sad and shocked posts there were plenty of hateful ones. The most tame of which persuaded Trump supporters to unfriend the poster, the least consisting of threats and slander.

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I was inspired by midcentury modern artwork in this one. The vibrant oranges and greens are a reflection of the bright contrasts used in artwork in the 1960s.

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While working on this project, I was inpsired by artists at Valfre. They post photos on social media sites of all their drawn characters, all sassy, curvy girls with sarcastic or funny quotes paired with the art. At first, I had trouble with proportions, which you can probably see in the first few stages of the piece. As the piece progressed, so did the attitude of the green woman. Her shirt went from reading "into u" to "not yours," a choice I made on a whim. She's also sitting on a pile of broken hearts, which further perpetuates her ascent to badassery. I added the cactus as a way to draw the eye into the more textured part of the piece (the blue scratched background) but also because the cactus is prickly, not unlike our green friend who is the focus of the painting.

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"The Margins Must Hold When the Center Cannot"

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My model!

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Started writing "Into U" on the shirt, but that changed ;)

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She's got clothes!

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Green lady! Styled after the lovely Lauren Hough

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Title: "Not Yours"

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werkin'

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Untitled