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My art is based off of the song “marjorie” by Taylor Swift. My artwork is a resemblance of my grandma’s house. Instead of drawing what is on the table in real life I wanted to draw the things she has given to me to make the personal connection. I used perspective to make my drawing as accurate as possible and a lot of browns and greens as those are the major colors in her house. My grandma is who really inspired my artwork. I wanted to show my remembrance of her and appreciation for everything she has done for me. My goal for this artwork was to be as accurate as possible. I think this piece did help me as I didn’t have a physical reference of her house and I had to go based off of memory so it gave me a challenge. This piece is what I imagined, I feel like with more time I could have improved it and it really made me realize how expressive art can be.

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My album cover is for "Easily" by Muse. This track is found on the "Starlight" single and does not have any resemblance of other songs produced at the time and thus found it's way onto the single. The art is done in the style of Jasper Goodall, the original designer of the "Starlight" and "Supermassive Black Hole" singles. The song itself is about the bands lead singer and guitarist Matt Bellamy (Or another character, it isn't explicitly stated) longing for the attention and affection of someone who doesn't reciprocate their feelings. I chose to use mostly cool colors as to not give a sense of emotional warmth. The angle of the portrait and the direction the subject is looking is also intended to emphasis their indifference to the viewer. The Yellow streaks of color were added to show how the subject is looked upon with reverence.

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I chose the song Where Is My Mind? by Pixies and decided to draw the character Power from the anime/manga Chainsaw Man. There was no real big idea behind my artwork, I picked a panel I liked and decided to draw it. I picked it specifically because it has a big impact on both the reader and the main character. I started with the sketch and moved to watercolor, waiting for it to dry and then using yellow as the background. I thought that the yellow would make the character pop, contrasting against the cooler tones from the jacket. I then used a thin pen to outline Power to try and make her pop a bit more. There wasn't much thinking behind my artwork, I just wanted to draw a character I enjoy and thought would fit the song. In this piece, I wanted to try and improve my watercolor skills and just have fun without stressing about it too hard. I kind of wish I did something else in the end, but I'm still somewhat proud with how it turned out. It ended up turning out better than I expected, as I didn't put too much work into it. 

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Where Is My Mind? - Pixies (sammy hernandez)

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Where Is My Mind? - Pixies (sammy hernandez)

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 I used colored pencil to create layering and shading and an outline marker to make the letters stand out more. I was inspired by the song "mad" by Peabod, so I tried to show self reflection in my drawing. I think this improved my attention to detail and shading skills, which i think will help my future drawings to be more thought out.

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I was inspired by the song wire by Worthi-kids. So I drew one of the clowns from their wire music video. I started outlining the body and struggled on the hands but eventually when I got too frustrated trying to draw cracking knuckles I did the bumping of the fists. The smaller clown was an afterthought but it looked nice so I kept it in. The reason I liked the song was because of the clowns. Clowns are symbols of the entire emotional spectrum and of the big bang as well as the eventual heat death of the universe. One of my goals was to practice hands, while my progress was small as I think the hands are too small it was practice regardless. honestly, I think it could of been better if I colored it black and white other then some aspects. I hate coloring so much I gave up every method and just water colored it and even that didn't go to plan because I was rushing. overall it could of been done better but the beginning was great, I just don't want to color anything else ever again.

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For my project, I chose to draw the album cover of ”Floral Shoppe” by artist alias “Macintosh Plus.”  This album was very influential in the Vaporwave genre.  The visuals of the album cover have always captivated me.	I primarily used the technique of burnishing so that the solid colors would pop out more.  I also placed subtle shadows so that certain objects would have a 3D effect.  I did most of the coloring in the span of two days.	Overall, I am very satisfied with how my project turned out.  It has been entertaining and I am glad to have been able to finish it.

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Floral Shoppe Album Cover (Macintosh Plus)

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Floral Shoppe Album Cover (Macintosh Plus)

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 "ASunset Album," I feel a sense of achievement in capturing the essence of a tranquil sunset. The interplay of colors and the serene atmosphere achieved align with my artistic vision, and I hope this piece resonates with viewers, providing a moment of serenity and appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us.

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My artwork shows the relationship of the two people that have a crush on each other but are too shy to tell each other. I wrote "My hero" on the girl's side and "My heroine" on the boy's side because that is how they think of each other so even if they get made fun of for liking them, they don't care. In the middle in a thought bubble I wrote "Because I Like You" not only because it is the title but because that is how they feel toward each other. In the song, they're both trying hard to look good for each other but they accidentally overdo it. I have felt the same way that these people have felt with the struggles with love and having a crush. Overall, I like the outcome of this my rendition of this album cover.

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My art is based on the song “Poison Poison” by Renee Rapp. I used the light blue dripping down the top to symbolize poison dripping down the wall. I used a very light blue for that on a dark blue background so I would get a very clear contrast of colors; both of which I did multiple layers to get the full effect. The use of blue is for two reasons. 1 On most of Renee Rapp’s actual album covers she takes advantage of different shades and tints of blues. 2 I used it to show the melancholy and pain the song has. In most instances poison is not so opaque. And while I stand by having such a stark difference in colors, I think after making this painting next time I would make it bleed together a little more. This painting helped me learn that sometimes things don’t need to be so clean to be art.  

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Poison Poison by Renee Rapp (Mariana Garcia)

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Poison Poison by Renee Rapp (Mariana Garcia)

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I decided to  do lava lamp by Cuco. I painted a lava lamp with yellow hearts and glitter in the lava lamp with a purple background. I did this because yellow is the color for friendships and the beginning of relationships and the glitter was because who doesn't like glitter. The song is a love song but its only the feelings part of relationships not looks.I did a lava lamp because the name of the song is lava lamp. I found that when you're painting on top of a color you made you should make extra and put it aside. I had to repaint my background twice, but in the end it all worked out.

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i choose to do Freddie Dredd's famous car illustration because the main colors for the song i chose was green and i wanted to still keep to that theme and the car is mix of different shades of green. Acrylic paint made this very easy to achieve and the biggest issue for me was that i dont use greens because there a very touchy color to work with and i wanted to push myself to step out of that box i put myself in and to use greens. I love the design i chose and the color way i went with I'm very proud of myself for pushing myself out of that comfort zone.

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My artwork is an album cover for “Maneater”by Nelly Furtado. It is a close up of a woman's mouth shining her teeth. The element of feirceness is most obvious in the work. I used thin paintbrushes to create sharp lines of acrylic paint on a white canvas. First the drawing was sketched, then painted. After it all I used a letter transfer technique to put the sound buttons on the canvas. The colors are bold and solid an artistic choice because the song is also very bold. The song is about a woman labeled a “maneater”. The big idea is that she is a powerful woman who crushes men's hopes after she gets what she wants from them. My goal was to get better at acrylic painting and I think I achieved refining those skills a little. I learned how to coat multiple layers of acrylic paint. The piece isn’t exactly as I imagined because I am still practicing mixing paint colors. In the future I can understand my limits so far and work to have achievable goals.

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I decided to do this song because it is my favorite, I think that many people can relate to this song and there are many who do not. The song is about a guy in unrequited love with his friend. i see it as a sort of backstory segment, it feels juvenile- like the characters are young. that's why 'they've gotta talk about personal stuff' with age, personal issues must be confronted. It speaks about how, despite the pressures and lies of society, one should be honest with who they are and follow their desires. The song also expresses the idea of powerlessness, as the main character years for something but knows that it is not allowed.

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The piece consists of the band and album name(Fall Out Boy, IOH) in similar font as the actual cover for the album, this is featured at the top middle; a yellow-checkered taxi cab is driving on a blacked our bridge with its headlights on, the windows are assumed to be down as we see three silhouettes in the cab(the driver, and two passengers in the back seat); the backdrop is of a night sky with stars and clouds, the clouds form a tombstone shape. I utilized alcohol markers and cored pencils to color the art work; the alcohol markers have this sort of watercolor effect in the sky as I layered them in hopes to make the transition from a lighter blue to a darker blue less blunt. The piece represents the lyrics "the tombstones were waiting, they were half engraved" and "racing through the city windows down, in the back of yellow checkered cars" from the themed song Bang The Doldrums; aswell as keeping in the same theme/aethstetic of Infinity On High as an album. The point of the work is to display the story spelled out in the song Bang The Doldrums. I overall am happy with how it turned out, I had struggled with settling on something I liked and wanted to draw and with the help of some pals was able to settle on this one. I do wish it was more personal to reflect how much the song means to me but I felt that it would have come across as awkward or unfiting; I wish the markers didn't start dying on me and it didn't come out so flat, but overall I am happy with it.

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Bang The Doldrums by Fall Out Boy - off of Infinity On High

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Bang The Doldrums by Fall Out Boy - off of Infinity On High

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The subject matter of my artwork is the person in the drawing who represents Magnolia. A magnolia flower noticeably covers the face because it sort of represents how anyone can be the person you look up to in your life, because in the song Magnolia is someone who the artist wants to be like or look up to. The media I used were colored pencils, pencils, and some watercolors. I tried to burnish some areas to make it look smoother but it didn't turn out as planned. I wanted to give the magnolia flowers a soft type of look, so I used some watercolor. Laufey, who made the song inspired me because she's an amazing individual with a love for music. Her songs are mainly a jazz and bossa nova type of mix which I grew to enjoy. This song was the first I heard from her which kind of led me to explore different genres of music and this song is something I relate to. I took a lot of inspiration from the albums of other jazz and bossa nova artists like Astrud Gilberto and Wes Montgomery. My goal for this artwork was mainly to show how I see the song and explore on using different mediums. I learned some layering techniques and to trust the process because I'm a bit impatient and that I'm not limited to only one type of media and I could mix different ones together. Overall I think I did alright but I wish I could've done more and colored the dress better because it doesn't look well rounded. The clouds aren't exactly it either but now I know not what to do.

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My artwork shows a girl looking up to the moon or "Talking to the Moon". I used coloring pencils to create this piece of art. I took the meaning of the song and the lyrics and tried to create the same mood on paper that I felt through the song. My goal was to express how that  song made me feel through  my art. I think my artwork is pretty similar to what I envisioned in my head.

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My artwork of my album is based on the opening part of the music video where Miguel is dressed like a Matador, the mushroom cloud is from a cover on another single of the actual album and I felt it was fitting due to the whole song being named after Star Wars. I tried to make it as simplistic as possible, the stars around the title are obviously a reference to the songs name Skywalker. The music video I took inspiration from for how to make this album cover was on YouTube, I traced Miguel as well as the letters through my phone, the mushroom cloud I made off the rip. The artwork is inspired just because I liked the song and the overall sound of it, I feel like it's the perfect summer song. The overall goal as an artists during this project was to make a better cover and one that I felt would fit the song more, I think if brought to life with technology I would reach that goal and while creating the artwork I learned how hard it is to make a good album cover from scratch and the final piece came out a lot better than I expected and helped me grow as an artists because of my lack of experience in drawing before this project. 

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1. My artwork is an array of blues and shades of blues. The subject is the past to the present with 2 millennia passing. The title is 'To you 2000 years from now'. The fish are the most prominent thing in my painting, near the top of the water there's thousands of them but as you go deeper ( bottom of the canvas) you see very little fish, by themselves.

2. I used Pinterest as a reference photo and tried to replicate the cool colors for the background. I used many tiny paint brushes for the strokes ( the groups of fish) and I used a rounded, bigger brush for the fish we see up close.

3. The song generally inspired me to make the painting but also the cover of the song. The original stemmed from the past ( a tree growing into a ginormous tree over millennia withstanding many obstacles). It shows a personal issue on how the past affects the present and future and society is either a harbinger of the future or a saint. I tried to show the aging of how things progress ( the name in the painting being a lighter blue and then the 2nd half being a more navy blue showing age)

4. My goal was to portray the music in my way without using the song cover as a reference. I think this piece did reach my goal because I think that the passage of time can be seen everywhere and that there are things out there that are lost and by themselves ( the fish on the right side of the canvas) 

5. I learned how to recreate colors pretty close to the original and how to shade a little bit better. The final piece isn't entirely what I imagined I think I could've done a lot better but I think it's decent the way it turned out in the end. This piece is one of my best to date, and this piece will influence my other artworks so that I think of the meaning behind the paintings. That helps me be better as an artist and a person.

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To You in Two Thousand Years - Linked Horizon

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To You in Two Thousand Years - Linked Horizon

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My artwork is colored with orange and yellow colors which represents my artist. The song title is Me and U. The artist who sing this song is Tems. The artwork has a sunset and a girl. The artwork features a girl wearing her natural hair out as well because I feel that the artist Tems is in touch with things of her culture and hair is one of them. 

The song Me and U falls in the r&b music genre. To create my art I used other r&b artists album covers to get an idea of what to create. I used Brent Faiyaz’s Wasteland album cover to create the boxes. I also got inspiration the artist H.E.R to create the girl wearing her hair out. I grew the sunset because of Tems. In some of her album covers it has a sunset. 

I felt inspired to do this song because I really enjoy listening to the song. The song is about the artist having a conversation with God. This song relates to me because some of the lyrics in the song are similar to my conversations with God. In my artwork I tried to show peace and freeness. I think I did this with adding the sunsets, because I think sunsets are a calming thing to look at. 

My goals as an artist were to express freeness and culture. I describe this drawing as free because the girl has her natural hair flowing while in a sunset. The way the girl in the artwork is free and in the sunset shows the calmness. I feel my drawing doesn’t have a lot going on and to me that is peaceful. These were my goals as an artist. 

In creating this artwork I learned that it is okay to make mistakes. I learned that you can be bold with being peaceful at the same time. The final piece was different than I imagined and definitely different than what I first drew. In future artwork I want to incorporate God in them. 

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My Artwork is based on the song Nonsense by Sabrina Carpenter. I went for a sad, moody type portrait for this piece because the song means you are in love but at the same time you wish you could deny it. For this piece, I've decided to paint it instead of using colored pencils since I thought it would be easier to do so. Although the artwork turned out pretty good, it wasn't what I was intending for. I had to change the hairstyle at the last minute because the original look didn't look really good at all. I was going for a pastel color painting so then it looks pretty chill and not over the top. My goal for this painting was to try and blend colors to get the color/ shade I wanted as well as using different shapes. In my opinion, I could've done way better if I wasn't busy with other things. I felt that I rushed this piece so I can't like this piece all that much since it had so much potential. Overall, I would give this piece a 4/10. I say this because there were many things that I couldn't do which made me do alternative things to get what I want. Another thing is that my character in the portrait could've been better like having more colors added for it to blend in with the background. What I've learned from this piece is that 1) shapes in your artwork can make a difference. 2) Don't wait till the last minute to do your work, start on it once you get it so then you have time to perfect it and get it the way you want it to be. 

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Nonsense by Sabrina Carpenter (by Cierra Dennis)

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Nonsense by Sabrina Carpenter (by Cierra Dennis)

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My art is on DANCE NOW!! by Joey and Valence and Brae. Joey Valence and Brae are a hip hop duo who this art work I created is the imagine of Graffiti on a brick wall. I made this art with color pencils and a tastefully tinted Graffiti font. The song I picked to complement my work is a poignant reminder that life's struggles can always be overcome with a little bit of dancing, as the lyrics so elegantly put it. The raw and unapologetic Graffiti art on the walls of urban buildings has always been a source of fascination for me, and I strove to emulate its gritty and edgy vibe in my own creation. My personal style has always been drawn to the vibrant energy of hip hop and old school tunes, with their passion, fashion, and infectious beats.

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In crafting the album cover for "Skeletons" by Travis Scott, I aimed to visually encapsulate the haunting yet hypnotic essence of the song. Through a fusion of surreal imagery and vivid symbolism, the cover serves as a gateway into the ethereal soundscape that Travis Scott masterfully weaves. The central motif of the cover is the skeletal figure, shrouded in an otherworldly aura, representing the underlying themes of introspection and mortality explored in the song. The figure stands amidst a surreal dreamscape, where reality blurs with imagination, echoing the enigmatic nature of the track. The juxtaposition of darkness and light, conveyed through a palette of deep, brooding hues contrasted with bursts of vibrant, luminescent tones, reflects the duality of human existence that Travis Scott delves into lyrically. As the viewer gazes upon the cover, they are invited to delve into the depths of their own psyche, confronting the skeletons lurking within. It is a visual journey that parallels the emotional and sonic journey embarked upon by listeners as they immerse themselves in the haunting melodies and introspective lyrics of "Skeletons."

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Viktorija j. When planning for my album cover, I took in many aspects. I looked over all of the Album designs Title fight had released and decided to do a combination of their two most popular ones, Floral Green and Shed. I went through a bit of trial and error with my sky as it was a bit time consuming for the left darker shade. It was supposed to be more teal/cyan looking but I could what I could do and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.  When sketching this out, the song I used was In between. The lyric that inspired me to draw the in between of day and night was the line “Light separates the space” and I went on from there. My biggest goals was being able to incorporate and mash together the two albums (Shed and Floral Green) into one but for the one song I chose. I’m proud of myself and how it turned out, there are some things I would fix if I could do it again but I’m really happy with how it turned out.

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I chose this art piece because it shows how I felt at the time and what I was going through. This song overall gives me lots of emotions, sad and angry. I relate to this song so much. This song, helped me understand that, i'm gonna be holding a grudge for a while, but it will take time to forgive. I picked the moon and the sun because it's telling a story. Overall, I like how it came out. I kind of wished I worked on the sun a little more, by adding a little more details.   

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Nightcrawler is one of my favorite songs, simply because of its mysterious and dark nature. The music ties the lyrics perfectly together with the song talking about how simple things like going out at night is dope and smooth. I used a wolf howling at the moon to emphasize the dark and mysterious nature. Also because wolves are super dope.

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I choose this song is because I really relate to this song. This song touches my soul a lot. I have many emotions towards it, especially emotionally. It was so hard growing up this way the way he did as well, but I'm glad I'm getting through it. But this song also gives me motivation to keep going and push through my hardest times mentally and physically. There's times where I feel such negative things but I remind myself that I've gotten through my worst times in life and currently I'm doing better than ever still working on the emotionally part but you know, way better than before. But with my artwork, I could've done way better especially with the guy because I was rushed. It would've came out way better doing it by pencil but would've took way more. But overall it didn't come out bad, it wasn't how I imagined it to be but I did learn that I should've took my time and not rush through it. Now I know what to do next time I'm doing my art, prioritize time and make sure I take my time doing my art, and . I did 1st and 2nd perspective to do my buildings though.

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My art displays a smashed clock and broken sandglass spilling out what represents "love" and the title of my work Is Broken Clocks which is a song by SZA. To make my artwork I used paper and a pencil and shaded and I also used colored pencil and marker to outline. The big idea behind my work is that it symbolizes being done with moving backwards and wasting time and although you may have love for a person you shouldn't let them waste your time. My goal for my artwork was to capture the meaning of SZAs song and the mood of the song. I think my artwork helped me learn that you can be super creative with making album covers and there are so many different ways that you can express yourself and that album covers have a lot more meaning than we think.

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I choose this art because it inspires and motivates me to keep going. The song itself makes me feel emotions that I haven’t felt in a long time, which I couldn’t describe at all. I tried making a golden tree because the song is supposed to be some nature at the end of the song, I used blue coloring because I kind of wanted to try and make it kind of like one of Van Gogh’s painting “The Starry night.” Which I think it turned out ok. If only I can try and make it look more detailed then it would’ve looked more accurate and good. But Overall I’m proud of my results, just wish I had the time to shade in the rest of the blue colors, and the yellow and orange. I want to really try and work on my vision and shading so I can work to improve that. But I’m proud for what I done. 

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The most prominent element in my work is the heart being partially lit up by a spotlight. I used colored pencils to show the shadow and light in different areas. I layered blue and red for the shadows on the bright portion of the heart and layered green and dark red for the shadows on the darker portions of the heart. To show the light, I transitioned from red on the outer parts of each section to pink in the middle of each section. In my artwork, I tried to express feeling infatuated with someone. My goals for this project were to use colors other than white or black for shadows and highlights. I achieved this goal because I was able to show different levels of lighting without the use of neutral colors. Overall, I feel that this project has taught me to be more confident when drawing with colored pencils, and the artwork came out exactly how I imagined it.

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The most prominent elements in my artwork are the trees and the red sky. The form of media that I used was acrylic paint. The song Lost by Crim3s inspired is what inspired me to paint this. This project helped me reach my goal of becoming more comfortable when working with acrylic paint. While it did not come out exactly as I imagined it, I feel it has helped me understand what I need to work on in future projects like this.

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My artwork is inspired by the song Tire Swing by Kimya Dawson. This song is important to me because she talks about how her love for art is something she’ll always keep with her. This piece is suppose to look like a picture of a cat in a scrapbook. I was trying to convey a childlike and messy style. I used bright colors and a black outline. In the song she mentioned taking a polaroid down, and that’s a line I was trying to portray in this painting. To be honest I’m not happy with the finished product. I ran out of time and ended up just making the background and lettering look too messy. I’ve learned from this and in the future will make sure to not rush my paintings. 

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Artist Statement


My artwork is of a etherical girl with a red gradient heart, and a third eye representing spirituality. I created my art with colored pencils, using gradient and blending techniques. I also used white chalk to create brighter highlights ontop of the colored pencils. The big idea behind my artwork is for it to resemble the lyrics of the song “Genesis” by grimes, and the red expanding heart references the repeating lyrics of “My heart, I never feel, I never see, I never know, Oh, heart, And then it falls, And then I fall, And then I know”. I tried to convey a sadder emotion within the girls expression and pose to pair with the songs lyrics. My goals were to use blending to create a smooth and seamless finish, and to use many different “otherworldy” colors. Overall, i am proud of my artwork and i feel it has taught me more about colored pencils and color theory. 

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My artwork is a heart with bubbles on the left coming up. The song I was making it for was POP! by Nayeon, one of my favorite songs. I created it by first drawing it with pencil. Secondly, I outlined it with marker and then i colored it. I didn't really look at any references. I just kind of went with whatever looked nice. I really wanted to show the song through the cover and I think the heart and the bubbles showed that. It is a really fun song to listen to whenever. I think that the idea was there, but I rushed the art. I started it late, so I didn't really have time to color it how I wanted to. I really like my lettering on the artwork the most.

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I chose Whole Lotta Red because I really appreciate the production and vibe of the song itself. There were other ideas I wanted to do but I didn’t really know if i wanted to fully go with it, the song itself was pretty simplicist and relaxing to do. I’ve been listening to a-lot of Playboi Carti recently so that’s probably why I also chose this song in particular, the previous sketches and coloring of whole lotta red were hits and misses. I’m glad it came out the way i wanted it to though 

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My artwork is surreal in nature, as it depicts a woman seeming to fade away. The part that mainly sticks out however is the large spiral generating from the open, red, eye. I used pencils to sketch the work first, and did my linework with micron pens. I used prismacolor markers and sharpies for the rest. The big idea is to represent the song Uzumaki by playing into the work's themes of fading away. The title "Uzumaki" is Japanese for spiral, which is why a spiral is present in the work. The goal of this work is to represent the song by Machine Girl, and my thoughts are that I did quite a good job. The piece turned out somewhat better than I imagined, to be honest.

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The song “...& On” by Erykah Badu explores themes of self-expression, self identity, and the power of ones words. She talks about awakening from a state of ignorance and maintaining an elevated state of consciousness. Erykah expresses her frustration that people are questioning her motives with her lyrics or question what it is she talks about in her songs. She talks about how the message in her songs are often misunderstood as she speaks about how her words hold value and people should try to gain a deeper understanding of them. She speaks about not fitting into societal norms and that struggle. I chose this song because as I was raised with her music it brings me back to when I was younger. Her words of wisdom have greatly influenced the way I think and go about life. I can relate to this song because often times the way I think spiritually is not understood by most people. My goal with my painting was to incorporate different aspects of some of her songs into my painting. The years on the album cover represent all the years she released an album or song. I put her in the center of a sun to represent the light deep within and how for her it is visible because of the way she speaks her mind through her songs. She also refers to herself as a light in the dark in this song. I chose a lotus flower above her to represent peace of mind.

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	My artwork is a landscape with tulips and an orange sunset with monochromatic mountains in the background. My art was created with acrylic paint. The painting is representing the speed at which tulips grow and how it takes patience to create the field. It represents God speed which was the song choice by Frank ocean. This song is one of my favorite songs as well as Godspeed by Zach Bryan, each of these songs represent everything that happens for a reason and that it's ok to let things go and go with the speed life throws at you.  The goal behind this was to represent a relationship but also a touch of my own style of work. It's supposed to show the beauty of letting go and what Godspeed in life can do.  I am proud of the overall outcome. 

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Godspeed- Frank Ocean ( Frankey DiMaggio)

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Godspeed- Frank Ocean ( Frankey DiMaggio)

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My artwork is about a humanoid figure with an orange for a head, looking through a bathroom mirror, with the bathroom having colorful walls and overhead mirror cupboard. Along with this, what would usually be water coming from the bathroom sink, there’s instead orange juice coming from the faucet. The title of the song this artwork is based off is Makeout!! By Banzai Florist. I had used paint for the entirety of the artwork other than the writing in the main portion of the painting, where I had used calligraphy ink to write. I used acrylic paint pens for some of the finer details where a paintbrush wouldn’t suffice, but most of the painting was done using a paintbrush. On a small portion of the artwork, I had used a thickening agent that added a small amount of texture to the left side of the humanoids face as well as portions of the orange juice in the sink. Banzai Florist, the inspiration of the album cover, uses humanoid figures and such with fruit heads in many of the album covers of his songs, which is where I found the inspiration to use a fruit to replace what would usually be the head. He also tends to use very bright colors in his album covers, so I had also used bright colors such as pink, yellow, blue, red, and orange. I think while making this artwork, it made me realize that I have to work on the stability of my hand while painting, as it caused issues when creating straight lines. I also have to work on my sketching skills in general, as this could’ve turned out better if I had a better ability to see what parts I was supposed to paint certain colors compared to other sections of the work. With all that said, I do think this turned out the best compared to how it could’ve turned out. I think this had helped me improve on my color matching skills as well as my patience, as the paint had to be layered multiple times over. 

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for my art piece I decided to do the song miami ultras by yung lean. i picked this song because the emotion and message always resonated with me in a very powerful way. the artist wrote and recorded this song in a dark time in his life when he was addicted to xanax, lean and cocaine. the song was written right before the artist “detached from reality” and had a mental break down destroying his condo. he eventually was found by the police in his bathroom, which was completely torn apart and destroyed. which is where i took inspiration from. when listening to this song even before knowing the dark message behind it I always felt the intense emotion in the piece. when I decided to pick this song for my project I knew exactly how I would interpret the message. I used graphite as my medium, various blended shades of grey and ebony pencil, and a blending stump. 

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I chose the song “White Ferrari” by Frank Ocean. I decided to pick this song because I really like Frank Ocean’s music. I chose to do the light blue background, as well as a white car. I also added a darker blue to the windows and colored over it with pencil. I drew a white Ferrari, since that is the song name. I used some different sized pens to outline the car for detail. I tried to draw the car more realistically but even though I feel like it turned out more cartoon style, I still like how it came out. I tried to show a more calm mood with this cover, since this song is more sad. My goal with this project was to make it as best as possible and although I think there is always room for improvement, I believe it turned out pretty well. 

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White Ferrari by Frank Ocean (by Sofia Acosta) 

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White Ferrari by Frank Ocean (by Sofia Acosta) 

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My artwork is a ballerina with brown hair sitting down, looking away with a pink leopard and tutu, with a red background. The title of my piece is Runaway by Kayne West. I used red watercolor for the background to make it look distressed. I also used this putty on the letters of my title to protect it from the water color because I used back sharpe for the letters. I did the same thing with my ballerina because I used a color pencil for her to try to create texture. The actual album cover for the song Runaway is a cartoon looking ballerina looking over her shoulder, so i wanted to do something similar. Mine was definitely a little more girly, but I loved how it turned out. My main goal was to make it look clean with the different textures. I felt like I completed that goal but I feel like my artwork could always be cleaner. I really liked the way it turned out. I spent time on it, used new tools and feel like my artwork improves every assignment.  

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I picked this song because it has a positive message in it. The artist, Taylor Swift wrote this song because it reminds her of all her memories and happiest moments that she had with all of the people she knew. I drew the artist in the middle and fireworks all around her. I used fireworks in the background because the message of the song is all about the artist's accomplishments in her life and the people she met. I used colored pencils for this piece of artwork. I used purple for the fireworks because I feel like it is a positive color. When you think of the color purple, you get happy feelings inside. 

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My artwork is meant to be warm nostalgia vibes. An obvious element is the overlaying in different colors. I was inspired to make this from seeing a dance choreography to this song. As the song is 'Back On 74' expresses the bittersweet longing for a past time, coupled with a recognition that life inevitably changes and evolves. It touches upon themes of nostalgia, familiarity, and the human desire to find solace and a sense of belonging. In which that's what 'Jungle' the band stated. I created this with an idea in mind that this represented nostalgia summery vibes since as kids we were always outside with no intent of coming back inside. My goal for this piece was to abstract what a summer day consisted of, blooming flowers, bright sun, and birds in the sky. My overall view of my artwork is that I am happy with how some parts came out but not so much with the words as on my draft they turned out better than my final. 

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My artwork is about a girl answering a telephone in a dark environment/room. This is meant to represent what the song makes me feel, how even at a distance, whoever is talking through the telephone lights up your mood, which is why the girl is brighter than the background. To make this artwork, I used different tones of red, orange and brown. Then, I carefully combined all colors to give off that reddish and warm tone. My inspiration for this work was overall my feelings while listening to this song, and how relaxed it makes me feel. My goal as an artist is to convey emotions in my artworks, but I think I still need more practice to reach that. The result is what I expected, and I'm very pleased with it.

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My art is based on the song "The Fox" also known as "What does the Fox Say?". It's mainly meant to look like it's both from the 80s and a little goofy. The song itself is goofy so I thought it would be good to match with the past. The Fox itself is polygonal keeping that retro vibe. The shapes in the background are also there to give it more character and depth. The speech bubble has a sort of wacky text based on Q*bert since you don't really know what a fox says. 

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The cover is supposed to show the cars going separate ways and in the original cover the vibe is very atmospherics with the sky so, it reminded me of a cave. Im not a great drawler so when making this, I tried to make some perspective with the cave rocks and to replicate the purple and blue background in the original cover. What inspired to do cover is the song was chill and the atmosphere was unique. Also the goal of the cover was really just to have a nice background and expand  the separate ways album cover. Overall I think I did ok like its nothing crazy but I tried my best.

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My album cover is some squiggle lines and the song name in cursive with a light wash background. I used the colors I used because when I think of lover I think of red and pink. To create my work I sketched everything out and it took me a couple of tries on getting the cursive letters the way I want and the size I want. The emotions I tired to show in my art work with the squiggles is the love has its ups and downs in most ways. I think I could have definitely added some more details or made it show more so I don't think I reached my goals as much as I should have. I learned that I should make it more detailed or add more to some empty space.

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Lovers Rock - TV Girl   (By Olivia Pompi)

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Lovers Rock - TV Girl   (By Olivia Pompi)

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I think the big idea of my artwork would be trying to convey the emotions of nostalgia, alienation, and warmth. This album cover is personal to me because I grew up with this band. I’ve been listening to them since the 4th grade and I still love them to this day. I guess my goals as an artist would be to show to people the many ways of looking at life, the many perspectives others have, and the overall emotions many have on the aspects of life. I think this piece got me closer to my artistic goals. But I’m still a long ways from perfecting my work. Making the album cover helped me to realize that art is still and always will be one of my favorite things to do. 

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My artwork is a bird in an infinity sign, representing the song, Tie that Binds by Drake. Personally, this song is one of my all time favorites and it really touches on the idea of a connection that is everlasting which is why I painted an infinity sign. I also don't believe this song is represented the right way since it is a part of an album; The album is filled with other songs that don't exactly relate to this song so I am glad I was able to create a better representation of thing song. A bird to me also represents freedom, flight, growth, etc. I also was able to incorporate many different unique colors which at first I did not imagine I would do. The biggest challenge with this artwork was painting the background without overlapping the bird, which I figured out how to get around by using wax paper. I covered the bird when I did the background, which gave me the ability to make all my lines and small details very exact. In the future, I hope to be able to create even more unique designs without using inspiration from the internet and rather use my own mind. I have a hard time coming up with ideas to paint from my head, and I usually use something I find online and turn it into my own interpretation. From this artwork, I learned my capabilities and what I am able to do because at the begging of the year, I did not know I would ever be capable of painting something like this. 

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My artwork is a vibrant flower with two leaves on opposite sides. The subject matter is meant to reflect what a good day would reflect. It consists of bright and happy colors that could make you smile. It is titled "Good Days." The most apparent principle in my work is the consistent blending of the flower. My artwork is not made from a specific media. I looked on Pinterest for some ideas. I used a particular blending technique to create the flower's fuzzy look. My artwork is inspired by the song "Good Days" by SZA. I attempted to depict the emotions you would feel on a good day, such as joy and contentment. As an artist, I aim to expand my knowledge of painting techniques and become a better painter. This piece did help me reach my goal because I learned different techniques to paint my flower which can help me become a better painter. In creating this artwork, I learned that having patience can better your work and make your lines cleaner. The final piece is what I imagined, specifically the flower. I am happy with how it came out. This piece will influence my future artworks because it can showcase the techniques and the patience I used to complete it. 

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My artwork is based of of "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley and the Wailers. I drew three birds sitting on a tree branch as I thought the drawing would be suiting for the song. In the background I used three different colors, green, red, and yellow; I felt like these colors represent tropical summery vibes. My goals as an artist in this project was to make the artwork appealing enough so that people would want to listen to the song. I did this by using vibrant colors. The  final piece came out how I wanted it to and it will influence my future artworks to not be so hesitant to use vibrant colors in my pieces. Overall, I really enjoyed this project and it has helped me develop as an artist. 

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My artwork is a plane flying through clouds to match the song "Sky" by Playboi Carti. The song doesn't have much meaning but is my favorite song to listen to in the gym which is a large part of my life. I used colored pencils, sharpie, and chalk to create my project. My goal for the artwork was to embody the name of the song by having a sky with clouds and a plane going through them. Personally, I think I did well but the artwork does not match the energy of the song itself.

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My drawing is about the song “Fly Me To The Moon” by Frank Sinatra. In the picture I drew a rocket ship flying to the moon. This is because it matches the song name and lyrics. I feel like I colored in a bit better, but overall I like it

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The art I submitted for this project is a album cover styler interpretation of the song “Cranes in the Sky “ by Solange. I have taken the title and gave it a literal meaning by drawing white paper cranes in a blue and orange sky with gray clouds. The sky can be described as an blue and orange, top to bottom gradient to emulate a sunset or sunrise. The title of the song is written in a cloudy-like font in the top center of the artwork, with the artist’s name towards the bottom written inside a cloud. My artwork was inspired by colorful art styles of skies shown in many album covers such as “Nothing Was the Same” by Drake and “Teenage Dream” by Katy Perry. My goal was to give a sense of freedom and peace to anyone who sees this album cover as that is what I feel when I listen to the song. I think I did great on this project but the only thing I would change would be the realism of the clouds.

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My artwork is an album cover designed by me that took inspiration from the actual song “i ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU” by Tommy  february6. It is my own personal take of the art and style and color palette and such.By taking a song I liked and turning it into an art piece that isn’t a copy, but heavily inspired from was the goal and end product. The process of mt art was firsting outlining a clean sketch that I could take immediately into the coloring process. After decreasing the opacity of the graphite, I would take my darkest values and color them in first and making sure to leave ample room for blending. Then I slowly worked on the light values and trying to make them prominent and my light source obvious. I did some finishin touches with the skin tone in order to achieve a pale complexion and light rosy cheeks.My goal for this artwork was to create something new taking from something that already exists and putting a personalized spin to it that emphasizes th individuality of my piece and the style of coloring, proportions, shading, etc. I think it’s clearly obvious I have some things that could use improvement, as I am still learning, especially with understanding how to shade multiple shapes and forms and also to be able to color skin tones since I really struggle with that. Overall though, I think it is cute and I like it!

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I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU - Tommy february6

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I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU - Tommy february6

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My piece is a depiction of a slightly off putting cartoonish creature with its brain exposed and a disembodied hand reaching towards its exposed brain  matter. It is a multimedia piece made using colored pencils, paint markers, and alcohol markers. I made this piece based on the song Grey matter , by the band Oingo Boingo. The song, like the band's typical work, has a crazy upbeat and kinda all over the place  sound with strange lyrics that usually end up with an interesting meaning behind them. I wanted to capture the silly and fun aspects of the song as well as the strange and weird of it,including themes from lyrics from the song like “hey say you lost the ability to even think, That your tiny little brain,  Slipped down thе kitchen sink, They say , that you'll buy anything, That they turn your way, That you'll listеn to everything,That they decide to play”. Aswell as the chorus “ theres something inside your head” 

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The symbolism behind my artwork mainly depicts a dream; the unachievable dreams we project when we're asleep. The idea came from a variety of music genres, a combination of many or just a mix of two: pop rock, an alternative, or just indie. I had a few ideas for it originally, but I had been holding it off for so long that I didn't give myself enough time to deeply think about what I really wanted to create. The inspiration behind it was the thoughts that came up when I pondered my future. I'm still unsure, but whatever I decided to do, I wanted to at least be happy. In our world, many adults who work in offices or, in any city really, seem to lead a mundane, boring, and uneventful life. I made this piece mostly out of sympathy, but out of fear also. This piece helped me build a bit of confidence in working with larger canvases; usually I just stuck to small corners and filled them with scribbles or doodles. I didn't really know what to do with the clouds, so I just kinda shrugged it off and started painting in small circles. Overall, I'm happy with how it turned out. Now I can at least imagine myself painting broadly and confidently on a wide canvas. 

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For my artwork I drew an album cover for Niel Young's song “Harvest Moon”, in the artwork, I drew an actual harvest moon in the night sky, with clouds covering the bottom of the artwork. I created the art by transitioning from purple, to blue, to then black to make it look like early on in the night, after the sun sets, but not before it’s pitch black. Then I drew a big circle in the middle and started coloring it in with orange and yellow colors, transitioning from orange to yellow as it goes down to create a lightsource. Finally I used a white colored pencil to make the area surrounding the moon a bit brighter. The big idea for my artwork was to draw what the actual name of the song was, a harvest moon. I also  tried to use a more calming color scheme, with blue, purple, and orange. Going into this project I never really had a big goal in mind. I mostly just went with the flow and as I went from sketches and rough drafts I changed some of things I felt looked off and kept what I liked. Overall, I am really proud of this artwork. I like how it turned out and think I did a good job on it. It wasn’t too far off from how I imagined it to be too.

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I wanted to interpret the song Garbage Truck by the fictional band, Sex Bob-Omb. I wanted to replicate the once-realistic cover in its newly adapted anime-like style. I love the use of the bright red in the original and stuck with that. I wanted to use markers because I felt like colored pencils wouldn't give me the vibrancy I was looking for, however, I did end up going over the piece with colored pencils to blend out the streakiness of the markers. I really love the Scott Pilgrim franchise, whether it be the comic, movie, or the new animated series. I wanted to make something cool and eye-catching to put in my room and I think I did a good job. There’s no “Big idea” with this piece it just looks nice and the music is funky. This piece is definitely bigger than im used to and it was hard to make the piece smooth like I wanted to. Im used to drawing in my tiny sketchbook so this proved to be a bit of a challenge. I do like how it turned out though and I’m super proud of it. I like it better than the one I planned out in painting class, as this one is for my drawing class. I’m excited to put this one up too :)

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My artwork is a painting of a mirrorball to represent the song Mirrorball written by Taylor Swift. I created this by painting a mirrorball with glitter over it to show the shine a mirrorball has at different angles. The big idea for this painting is to show Taylor Swift music and how much this song has inspired me. My goals for this painting was to have fun with it and paint one of my favorite songs by Taylor Swift.  I learned that painting is much more time consuming then I realized because once you paint the base of something you have to wait until it drys to continue the next part which I will keep in mind for the next project I have. 

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My artwork is based off the song "Happiness is a Butterfly" by Lana Del Rey. My artwork has a butterfly with its wings on fire. The song is based off past toxic relationships but, how you can still find happiness within the little things. The fire represents the toxic environment of relationships and the butterfly represents happiness and the relief you have once you get out of that type of relationship. I used watercolors to make this art piece and outlined the butterfly and flames with sharpie to make it stand out more. My goal for this artwork was to represent the song but also be very distinct form the actual album cover. I'm very satisfied with my artwork and it turned out pretty much how I pictured it in my head.

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Happiness is a Butterfly- by Gaia Margutti

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Happiness is a Butterfly- by Gaia Margutti

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My artwork is inspired by the words and lyricism of The Weeknd, which I find incredibly relatable. Through my creations, I aim to capture the unique and creative themes that The Weeknd explores in his music. Each piece is a reflection of my personal interpretation, blending visual elements with the emotional depth found in his songs. By merging music and art, I hope to evoke a sense of connection and resonance with viewers, inviting them to explore their own emotions and experiences. Through my artwork, I strive to create a visual representation of the captivating world The Weeknd's music has created for me.

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My artwork is an album cover that represents the song Pretty When You Cry by Lana Del Rey, it has a textured gray background with a dying rose in the center. I created my art with acrylic paint, for the background I used a different technique than the rest of the painting, I used a large dry brush and with little paint made circles throughout the canvas. The melancholy mood of the song inspired my work, that's what made me want to paint a dying rose and use a more medieval-looking font for the artist's name. My goal for this was to use new techniques and also capture the essence of the song I picked. Overall this piece went exactly as planned and I think it looks good. 

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My inspiration for making my album cover was incorporating things from two of their albums, Sublime and 40oz to freedom. I also drew a fish, to represent their song, “Badfish”. When making this, I wanted there to be vibrant and metallic colors to give it more character. Looking at it myself, reminds me of summer/spring because of the waves, sun, and flowers. That was also my purpose in choosing Sublime as my inspiration, since it reminds me of the summertime. 

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My artwork looks like a skyline with multiple buidlings with more dystopian shapes to them. The title of my work is Gods Country.

The media my artwork is from the song Gods Country by Travis Scott

My work is inspired by Travis Scott and it is supposed to resemble the more dystopian life we are slowly building as expansion keeps growing and cities become larger and larger.

My goals for this artwork was to be able to properly gradient paint as I didn't know how to do that and I think I did a good job at it.

I think I did a good job, I wish if I had more time to work on it I could go more in depth with the detail in the buildings but as I ran out of time, I had to leave them rather lackluster

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My artwork is a painting of the Greek story Icarus, as the song is called originally. It's very yellow-based, working with many different textures to make things such as the wings and the skin. The people who inspired my work are The Crane Wives, who originally made the song and started this journey. My goal as someone who has never painted before until this year was to make something look normal and easy to understand. I learned while making this artwork that it is very difficult to paint and work out colors easily, and that I have a lot more work to do before I finish this school year.

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My artwork represents the song “Not Strong Enough” by boygenius. The main focus is the blue and gray angel in the centre that is being basked in light. To create this piece I used acrylic paints and paint pens. My inspiration for this piece was the line that was repeated at the end of the song, “Always an angel, never a god.” I tried to convey more inferior, isolated emotions through the use of greys and blues. My goal for this artwork was to essentially perfect the way I drew the angel. Although it wasn’t perfect, I am proud of how she turned out and I really like how I shaded her. However, I do think I could have done more with the background and will work on that in my future works. 

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My album cover is a heart with a blue background. I used graph paper to create the letters and I used color pencils to color my drawing. The big idea is that you should be grateful for what you have even if other people have better things. This is why the song is called Love Yourz. My goals were to create something that stands out and gets the message across. The piece was nice and simple. In future artworks I might try to add more and make it more creative.

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My artwork looks like a disco ball. a shinning disco ball that is spinning. I used blue/green/grey paint for the disco ball itself and gold paint to show the "shine". Taylor swift inspired this piece of art, With her song Mirrorball, she talks about she gets put on a platform and tries to shine for people, even tho sometimes it doesn't work, she always tries but she can never be as good as everyone else. This piece of art is supposed to showcase how people feel, how they can try try try but they are never a natural. something that I personally learned from creating this was that painting a disco ball is actually pretty difficult.  

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My artwork displays a person with a hood over his head. It has a dark background with greys and blacks. The title comes from the song "Solo" by Future. I created my art by using pencil to sketch it out. Then, I used colored pencils to make the colors. The background is a mix of black and white to make different shades of grey. The pants are a black colored pencil and the hoodie is a mix of black and white. My artwork shows a part of who I am. I like to stay to myself. I don't like to be around a lot of people. I also love to put my hood on and listen to music. My goals for this project was to draw a pretty reasonable cartoon like person with a dark background. This will influence my future artworks by using more colors. I like the blacks and whites but I think a little more color can bring it together more. I

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For my artwork, I drew a scene of a bedroom at night with the light of a window reflecting onto a wall, along with a flower in a pot. I created my art with just a pencil, pen, and colored pencils. The idea behind the piece was to correlate with the song and the song title. The song I chose was “Sleep Well” by d4vd and the premise of the song being around hoping someone sleeps peacefully without worry, the homey feeling of a bedroom at night really resonated with me. My piece was strongly inspired by another work that I had found online, so my goal with it was to recreate the original piece the best that I could and add my own little touches to it. I’d say that the final result was pretty alright considering that I’m not much of an artist. There’s always things I’d like to improve on and I wouldn’t liked to touch it up a bit, but overall, I’m not too upset with how it turned out. 

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My artwork is a sunrise to match the song name "Feels Like Summer" by Childish Gambino. The subject matter is about climate change and how people are moving through life fast and not able to take in the environment around them. The tools I used to create my artwork were colored pencils, blending pencils, and Sharpies to create it. It helps express that people feel content with themselves if they take in what they have and not take it for granted. My goal for this artwork was to try to make the vision clear through my sunset drawing. I think I did alright on it, I don't think I did well but overall good but on the blending of colors my perspective was off. It felt bland without any blending.

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My artwork is a drawing of a simple bedroom with a large fly on top of the bed. The subject of this drawing is a person switching into a fly on their bed. The title of this piece is “Change”. The most obvious element in my piece is the colored pencils lines in my work. 
	This drawing was created with solely colored pencils, pens, and a ruler. I used some blending on the walls, circling, and back and forth lines. 
Some goals as an artist that I have is to just get better at what I do and explore different art categories. This piece made me realize I can do perspective in a decent way. I don’t think this project really helped me realize that I’m really good or anything like that.
I learned that perspective takes time and rushing the lines will ruin pretty much everything and the perspective will be completely off. I didn’t imagine the drawing to look like this, I wish I could’ve changed a bunch of things. This piece will help me realize I need to improve coloring with colored pencils.

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My art is a drawing of a cowboy rat, I created it with pens and color pencils. I chose this topic because it is from a song i grew up with and still actively sing in in my home. It has sentimental and nostalgic value for me and my family. I do think i could have done better and put in more effort into the drawing. It gave me more knowledge in color pencil techniques and appreciation for it.

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My artwork is about Ozzy Osbourne craving the love of his loved one. but I took my own creativity and put a more heavenly spin on it as its like heaven is shining down on the cross where Jesus died for us showing humanity that that's how there is no sin that Jesus already knows and he will accept you for you.

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My piece is based on "Dove" by Antihoney. The subject focuses on a girl comforting a wild wolf to sleep. I wanted the focal point to be the girl and wolf so I stuck to a plain background. I used watercolor on top of a graphite pencil. I tried using darker and muddier shades of blue. after the watercolor dried, I used a ballpoint pen to enhance the details. For this piece I wanted to focus on the dream-like tone of the song. the vocals can be interpreted as a lullaby so I wanted the subject to be put to sleep. I thought having a wild animal tucked into bed would be an interesting idea to draw. I wanted to create a comforting tone with the girl gently embracing the wild animal. blue is commonly associated with calming properties, so I chose a monochromatic color palette. overall I feel like I underachieved my goals. I wish I could've added more detailing to the background, making it a bed. This piece helped me practice the layering of watercolor paints. I enjoyed using a ballpoint pen for Lineart. I think this piece will help me understand watercolor more in the future. i also found that I like using pen so maybe for my next project I will entirely use pen. 

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My artwork looks very colorful and represents a lot of feminine power. It has a simple outline, a strong layout pose and expressive nature on the face. It is an album cover of Material Girl by Madonna. I created this with pencil, a huge poster paper. The art is inspired by musical artists that are females and girls power in general. My goal with this art is to make it look interesting while capturing the attention of girl power. I can’t tell if I reached this goal yet but it seems pretty close since I managed to make it look very colorful. I think my art came out very well made.

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My exquisite piece is on the utter perfection that truly captures Aubrey D.'s glory (or as you know him "Drake"). The portrait to the left is a mere replica of Aubrey's perfect wink and his amazing new hair. The photo to the middle is of his raw new persona "Anita Max Wynn" with his pretty jewelry and perfect facial features. He's so perfect that he shared it on his new hats that are going to be for sale. Lastly, the image to the right is a special one that shows Aubrey's quiet side as this is what he really looks like behind the cute mask. It was so hard to choose a song as all of his songs are utter tear-jerkers but I humbly chose the masterpiece that is "Girls Want Girls". Overall, there has never been and never will be something as perfect as Aubrey. I simply put it on paper.

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The title of my artwork is Broken Clocks by SZA, for my art work I chose to do a broken clock and as the time breaks off, the artist name appears. I used a swirl technique in my background using just white and blue. The song expresses a personal issue of frustration with their daily life and consisting of a day job. I used blue as my background to emphasize the emotion and used a large broken clock to symbolize the relationship issues also mentioned in the song. My main goal was font, it suits the art and flows smoothly. My final piece is as I imagined. Although, I learned with this project to be more considerate in how I use my time; in future projects I will focus on getting more done and sooner. 

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My art stems from the song All Things End by Hozier. It focuses on a sprout that has grown even after fires have ravished the soil and destroyed everything else. This relates to the songs meaning of perseverance even in hardships. The art is very centered around elements of nature and both its destructive and constructive properties. My art is made from acrylic paint. The main technique I used was methodically building upon the paint. I painted the base and slowly created the layers until it was to my liking. My artwork is inspired by an old friend that I lost touch with. My work expresses my personal issues and growth from it. Within my art I tried to portray a sense of building back up after losing someone close to you. My goals as an artist were to expand the mediums I use and express more emotion in my work. This piece helped to complete both of these goals, as I was able to use a different artistic medium and put a story with a particular feeling in my painting. From creating this artwork I learned different techniques for using acrylics. This piece ultimately turned out how I wanted it to. The image I painted was similar if not better than my rough draft. In the future I will potentially use the nature theme to represent emotions and utilize my method from this project. 

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My artwork is mountains, trees, a river and garden. The title of my work is from the song "You're Gonna Go Far." I created my art using acrylic paint and mixed colors to find the correct shades and highlights for colors. I painted the background first, the foreground second and then added in the minor details of paint. My artwork expresses a deeper meaning because my parents have always told me that I will do big things and go far places. The painting correlates to the meaning of this because the river in the middle is never ending, exemplifying that I can do whatever I put my mind to. My goals for this artwork were to create a reasonable looking mountain and forest area. I would've done less solid colors if I made this painting again and instead use different softer colors and different strokes with the brush.

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My project is on the song Is There Someone Else? By the weeknd. It appears on the Dawn FM album. In this album we see a monochromatic pallet as it only uses tints and shades of blue, I tried to replicate this in my piece. I tried to create the font of Starboy, another one of The Weeknd’s albums, and put it on the top of this piece when I painted out the words “Is There Someone Else”. I replaced the image of Abel Tesfaye, or The Weeknd, with Choso from Jujitsu Kaisen because it is HIS song, and he is heavily associated with it. I had a hard time starting with this piece, I couldn't find the motivation. So first, I played around and blocked out all the shadows, as his face is almost completely engulfed in them. I didn’t want clean lines, I like the painterly look of things. I was struggling with his face for the longest, but then I got it to the point where I was somewhat satisfied. I cleaned up the painting with the help of acrylic paint pens, which is an illegal method, shhhhh. I wanted to take this project less seriously, I’ve been overworking myself lately and I just wanted a break so I chose a character from media I love and painted it. There is no big picture or big image. Sometimes art doesn't have to have a big meaning. I just drew it because I thought it was cool and I was right, it IS going on my wall when I get home. Creating this piece helped me find my creative flow again, I was just creating to create. Although, of course this piece was for a grade, I did enjoy the process. This was one of the more stress-free projects that I’ve done this year and it was great. 

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My artwork is a piece of travis scotts merch from his song my eyes. The crazy eye looking thing is the creativity or crazy side of travis .This is my favorite song in his newest album. I think the elements of creativity is shown mainly in this piece but id say if you know his merch you can see what it really is. I created my art on a canvas using multiple shades and paint pens with many different techniques. I mixed many of colors and shades. The idea behind my artwork is showing that eyes are all kinds of different ways and its just cool and creative. My goals for this work is just think in a different way see things in a different way a creative a new way. My thought on my piece was that i killed it. If you see my inspiration for it it looks similar but also new in its own good way and the backround greyish white black just compliments it great. im proud of the outcome.

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I chose to use this song because it’s such a beautiful song that i was listening to on repeat. It’s a romantic song that talks about someone falling in love. The lyrics, “To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die,” are truly beautiful lyrics. I’ve always wanted to paint the light tower from my favorite princess movie, “Tangled” so once i realized that the love that couples released with these lights in the movie, never really go out, i thought that this would be perfect. The lights may go out, but the love doesn’t. I started off by painting the title using the font that the movie “Tangled” used. I painted my canvas purple and did a couple coats of that. I then painted the tower in black, and did the same thing in its reflection. I then painted purple back over the reflection only, and added some lighter purple to look like waves in a lake. After that was dry I began painting the lights. I painted the lights a bright yellow at first, then white, then a neon yellow. I also added gold for some touch ups. For the sky I just messed around with different shades of purple and yellow. 

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There is a Light That Never Goes out - The Smiths

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There is a Light That Never Goes out - The Smiths

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My artwork is a album cover for the song nostalgia by rod wave. The cover is a white butterfly with black dots, with the title of the song and artist on the top. I began with coloring the background of the canvas purple, then i sketched out the butterfly in the middle of the canvas. Then I colored the butterfly white, waited for it to dry, then added the black dots. The Florida rapper Rod Wave inspired this artwork. this artwork expresses how pure and authentic the song is. In this song he talks about how it was hard for him in the beginning and how he was broke, he talks about how he made something out of nothing. My goal for this artwork was to learn how use acrylic paint and be organized with my art. I would say I reached my goal because I learned how to use acrylic paint. I learned a lot from this artwork. I learned how to use certain brushes for certain drawings. I learned how it might seem hard in the beginning but its way easier when you ask the teacher for help and start doing work.  

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My artwork is a couple's silhouette dancing on the dance floor and there's blood coming from the sides of the floor towards the couple. The title of this piece is murder on the dance floor by sophie ellis-bextor. The disco ball and the red pops of color are the most prominent things on the canvas. I used acrylic paints and gel pens for the bottom play button. They are supposed to seem completely unbothered by the blood on the dance floor because the song is so good it puts you in a zone where you just want to dance. It's to show that you can have fun and feel a sense of freedom when you listen to this type of music. My goal was to make a fun piece to look at and have it cohesive with the title. My overall thoughts of the artwork is that I think it turned out good and I am excited to make more artwork similar to this.

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Murder on the Dancefloor (by Sophie Ellis-Bexter)

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Murder on the Dancefloor (by Sophie Ellis-Bexter)

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My art piece is about the song Dandelions by Ruth B. I chose this song because it has a nostalgic feel and I wanted to make something pretty to look at and flowers are a very good way to do that. It reminds me of 2020 because that's when it was very popular and I remember hearing it everywhere. My process to make this was sketching it out first, making the background with acrylic paints (green and biue), then letting it dry and going over it with more paints to make the flowers and make it look like a field of dandelions, then I used gel pens to make the title and artists. My goal was to make something nice to look at and for people to be reminded of this song from a few years ago.

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My artwork is a combination between love and happiness. The two colors are red and yellow with hearts on the red side and smiley faces on the yellow side. I created my art on a canvas using multiple shades and paint pens with some different techniques. The big idea behind my artwork is showing the difference between love and happiness. My goals for this work were to try to bring together the two feelings and make whomever is looking at it happy. My overall thoughts on this artwork is that I did a good job and Im proud of the outcome.

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For my art piece I chose the alien to be the center piece or main focus. Contrasting colors and shades would be my most prominent element that contributes to its uniqueness. My piece is made out of acrylic paint, gel pens, and felt tip black pen. In the song the artist Steve Lacy is singing about a long lost girl that he hasn’t seen for a long time. Explaining how they have chosen separate paths like college versus perusing a music career. It talks about accepting that he might not have the opportunity to reunite but nevertheless will always have a strong connection and want to see this girl. I chose to portray the girl he sings about rather than himself, I did an alien to represent how time can make someone you knew so clearly feel alien with time of not seeing or talking. Personally I wanted to find a way as an artist to put every piece or detail together in a way where it looked natural but still giving it a unique vibe. This art piece is what I imagined it would look like, with minor tweaks to my original sketch it came out better than I had hoped. 

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I have choose to the do the song Thriller by Michael Jackson mainly because as a kid I loved this song. (and still do today), me and my sister as a kid used to watch the music video for thriller, and I remember that it was so scary for us, and I couldn’t sleep for days, looking back at it and watching the video again it really wasn’t that scary lol.  Also Michael Jackson is decently one of my favorite music artists I do listen to ally of his and they are all definitely one of my favorites. I have choose to paint a full moon mainly because in the start Thriller music video it shows some like scary vibe going on, and it continuously keep on showing the full moon, in which later in the short film it showed that the whole music video just based off of the full moon as the full moon like transforms Michael into a zombie like werewolf and people emerge from the dead. And it just seem like the full moon is causing all of this chaos also in the song Michael sings “It’s close to midnight, something evil is lurking in the dark.”Another thing I have added was the creeping looking letters, my original plan for the letters were supposed to be “thriller” will like some blood dripping effect, but I have choose instead so do some creepy spiky scary vibe to them. They will match with  the song more. I had also chose to do a blood red background, a normal dark blue back doesn’t really seem to match with the scary vibe much. 

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Micheal Jackson - Thriller (Layla Almukahhal)

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Micheal Jackson - Thriller (Layla Almukahhal)

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My artwork depicts the artist himself, Levi Schechtmann framed in gold with a deep purple background. All of the songs he composed are a mix of both traditional and modern music; likewise, I wanted to illustrate the same thing with a classic portrait with a more unconventional style of frame and brighter colors. I used the complimenting colors of purple, yellow, blue, and bronze as those colors are utilized in his other album covers. While creating this piece I went through 3 different media: watercolor, colored pencils, and India ink. I did light gradual washes of paint to cover the space and eventually close in the minor deformities with colored pencil. At the end, I finished the gold frame with a dip pen to give the album cover shine and a more popped out look. Schechtmann has definitely inspired my work in this piece and in my previous pieces I’ve made. After getting into his music a year ago, I really wanted to promote his works. It included the same classical pieces I was familiar with but gave a more stylized approach into playing them. He fused two unlikely genres and made it sound great to the ears, as we continue in our lives more and more artists will begin to fuse different genres together; not everyone is open to the fusion of this; he defies the musical norms and creates what he wants to. Although in the artwork Levi.Sct has a serious or stern face, I colored the golden frame to be more vivid and playful, showing a balance between the traditional and untraditional norms of music and overall society. My goal as an artist with this piece was just to try something new. No matter where I would have gone, I knew that I wanted to use a new media that I don’t usually have the opportunity to use. This piece definitely served a part in my learning and understanding of using dip pens and India ink. As it was new to me, I struggled a bit with ink control and line work, but I’m glad that I was able to fix some of the mistakes made along the way. While creating this artwork, I’ve gone through an extensive amount of trial and error as not everything went to plan. After messing up the details in the frame, I decided to stray away from the original sketch and make my own details along the way. The final piece was definitely not as I imagined it would turn out as I was hoping for something with more organization, structure, and detail. This piece will definitely influence my future works by integrating more India ink into them. 

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Paganini Variations - Levi.Sct (by Cheyenne Cruz) 

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Paganini Variations - Levi.Sct (by Cheyenne Cruz) 

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i chose the song "your favorite dress" by lil peep who is one of my favorite artists. the album cover is a black and white floating gothic castle and i illustrated the vibe i got from the song onto the album cover. i feel the mood of this song and certain albums of his represent the color black and white. my artwork is influenced by old gothic cathedrals/castles and the artists albums. ive always found gothic architecture cool and wanted to try to include it in this project. i think the album cover matches the artists vibe, especially since he also has interest in castles. my main technique for this project was shading and sizing because it was more difficult drawing on a big piece of paper rather than the small one. the big idea behind my artwork is gothic architecture. the artists music and his vibe inspired my artwork and my artwork gives off a dark moody emotion. my goals were to make the album cover with a castle because i felt like it matched the song and his albums. another goal was to properly shade. i think i did okay on this project overall but it wasn't what i was expecting in the end because i wasn't sure how dark to make certain parts of the castle or what to color in. in this i learned more about shading and the types of drawings i like doing. this artwork will influence my future artwork because it part of what i enjoy drawing.

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your favorite dress - lil peep, lil tracy (lucille shankle)

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your favorite dress - lil peep, lil tracy (lucille shankle)

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Hi, my name is Addie Holmes and I drew an album cover for one of my favorite songs, So Long St. Augustine by Jack Hartman. My artwork represents the lighthouse that is the main subject of the song, and is a major landmark in St. Augustine, Florida. I wanted to capture the coast and the feeling the song gives me. I wanted to use light colors that made the art feel breezy and soft. 

For my piece, I used watercolor to capture the lightness of the scene. I wanted to use something that was really buildable and easy to work with. I used the lyrics to connect my artwork to the song in a way that would make sense to people looking at my art. 

The song is all about the artist, Jack Hartman, loosing his father and saying his final goodbyes to him while distributing his ashes in the sea in St. Augustine. I really related to this song because I too distributed my grandmothers ashes in St. Augustine. I like to think that I have a connection to this artist given that we're a lot alike. I wanted to show these emotions in my artwork. 

Through this piece, I learned how important it is to pay attention to small details and take your time. I also learned that its ok to change your mind and do things the way you want to. 

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So Long St. Augustine - Jack Hartman (Addison Holmes)

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So Long St. Augustine - Jack Hartman (Addison Holmes)

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This is one of my favorite songs to listen to with both of my favorite artist and it’s a real catchy song. This took me 2 weeks to finish and I’m proud of my work I think I did my best to recreate the cover of the album. The Artist, Brooklyn Gonzalez. 

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ONE RIGHT NOW. by Post Malone and The Weeknd. Artist Brooklyn Gonzalez

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ONE RIGHT NOW. by Post Malone and The Weeknd. Artist Brooklyn Gonzalez

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	My artwork shows Taylor Swift facing a lake with a sunset, with a tombstone next to her. The subject of the matter is more her and the lake, simply because it’s the name of the song and anyone who has seen videos of or went and watched her Era’s Tour will know that the outfit is from that section. The title of my work is ‘the lakes’, also because it is the title of the song and part of the main focal point. The main elements are the tombstone and her. The image that you see is based on a line in the song, “...take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die.” So, when I imagined that part, I saw the painting I made. The media my art is made from is The Eras Tour and Google. I based her outfit on the one she wore during the Tour and used Google to make the background. I think what inspired my artwork the most was my sister. We share a (probably unhealthy) love for Taylor Swift, and she played a big part in what I chose for this project. My work doesn’t express an issue, but more of an emotional battle. I tried to convey loneliness through this painting and through the song I chose. My goal as an artist is to further my understanding of anatomy for people and paint more. This assignment helped me broaden my painting knowledge by actually putting it to use. I learned that even if you mess up, you can always add something to make it work, mistakes can be learned from, even through art. This isn’t exactly what I expected because I didn’t plan the colors out as much as I wanted to. This art piece will influence me to work harder at reaching my goals of painting/drawing people and painting in general. 

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the lakes by Taylor Swift (Genevieve Vodicka's version)

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the lakes by Taylor Swift (Genevieve Vodicka's version)