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kept it simple and relatively accurate. i used dark and light colours to show when I'm positive and negative. different types of printing to show the same thing as well.

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Gangster
used black and white to show make my face seem overshadowed and evil.
the dark blob of ink on the right eye makes it seem that I just got into a gang fight and incurred bruises on my eye.

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Opportunity

The purple used is meant to represent the universe. The stars represent the opportunities that exists in our world. Like the countless stars that exist in our ever expanding universe, there are countless opportunities that are present in our world for us to explore. As I exist in this universe, I am thus free to explore the countless of opportunities that are laid before me, no matter how long it might take.

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Bayley Man

I envisioned my self-portrait to be similar to the original photo. Unfortunately, as I was rushing to print it, some of the details were smudged and some parts were not properly printed. I basically just wanted to portray myself as a supporter of Bayley to others.
I used a monochromatic yellow colour scheme. This colour scheme was used to represent my house spirit. I was inspired to use the colours this way as I was wearing a Bayley house t-shirt for house day on that day. No patterns were used as it was too time consuming to make them. I tried making a hexagonal pattern but gave up halfway.
An interesting way I have used to create my self portrait is to use light yellow for my portrait and dark yellow for the background. This was done to represent Bayley, and how much I love Bayley.
I think Chuck Close aspired me the most as he was able to create art even though he was disabled, so I felt motivated and that I could create art too.
I think that portraits are equivalent to selfies today. Both seek to be a portrayal of the subject. However, selfies seem more narcissistic only because people take a lot of them, but that is only due to the convenience of taking a selfie. If people of the past had a chance to readily have portraits of themselves made, I’m sure they would want them.
I feel that overall, it was quite tedious to create my self portrait, as the steps required to make one required a lot of effort to complete.

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Oliver Qi 2A
I envisioned myself to have a defined jawline and a playful look. I did not envision myself to look stupid. I did not use ang colours cause i didnt have enough time to do so. I tried to use a crisscross pattern as tge background but i failed.

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Chong Wee Tung (5) 2A
sotong
this masterpiece showcases wee tung in all of his blurness. the facial expression is one of innocence and being lost.  the plain background makes the artwork simple.

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Fading in Colours
I envisioned my self-portrait to be one in which an indifference to the past is shown, and my self-portrait to look out for the future, and disregard the past. This is symbolised by how I look at one direction in side profile, and the other other side, which represents the past, is neglected. However, there is a depressed mood here as well. This is depicted by how my portrait just doesn't look "perfect". While I am looking forward to the future, and neglecting the past, to strive towards this "perfect" avatar of mine, I am losing myself and   I am actually becoming imperfect. While a white background is "perfect" and "pure", in my portrait that isn't the case, and there are random patterns of ink on the background, as far away from "perfection". Moreover, in my face/portrait itself, the outline has varying thicknesses and due to this, it makes up an image of fading, and my efforts to remain indifferent of the past and striving towards my "perfect" future self, and this image of fading implies myself fading in the process. Yet, there is a hint of positivity, as the polychromatic palette of various colours, symbolise that despite all the difficulties I go through, there is always a "rainbow" at the end of the storm. I was very inspired by Vincent Van Gogh, whose portraits always had features that would distinguish it from a portrait and a selfie. These features in his portraits symbolise the characteristics he would portray about his own self, that couldn't have been shown in a selfie, and I was inspired to really make my portrait unique as such and show my personality and character.

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Beastly Balance

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am very cool brain is huge art is very fun

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Noteblock Skyline

I envisioned myself as a person full of objects and things that ,make up my day. I chose a color scheme that would be dark and ominous on 1 side, and a more pristine and sterling scheme to parallel both upsetting and uplifting events in my life, as well as how it shaped me to be. I tried to add detail to my self-portrait by adding eye expression and bushy eyebrows to add a realistic feel. I think self-portraits have an edge over selfies as they promote skills, self-esteem and see-perception, while opinionally i feel that selfies only encourage narcissism.

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Straight alpha male with fiery eyebrows graces the earth. the pinnacle of pure human intellect.

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Positive-Negative, or Negative-Positive?

This artwork is a reflection of my life, sometimes a joyful one, sometimes a sad one. It follows a colour gradient, from yellow, to green, to black. What I want to portray in this artwork is similar to the movie Inside Out, that joy or sadness itself will never show the best in us. It is crucial that while we feel joy for the blessings we have in life, we balance it with the gloominess and the loneliness so that we become neither too arrogant nor too depressed , achieving a better version of ourselves.
I used multiple alternating stripes in my artwork to reflect how life is difficult and there are many points in life that we have to make decisions. Sometimes, we are at a dilemma whether
to choose the decisions that are better for us or the decisions that will make us happy. I believe that it is very important to follow our heart, so that we will be happy in whatever decision we make.

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My artwork represents a future me. Signifying my corporate achievements with a rugged face and beard and it expresses my future aspiration. I used colours such as green to express my evil side and that I would do anything to succeed and I left patches on my face so that the bright green would radiate from it and seem striking.

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I coloured my portrait with a blend of both blue and black. The colours are used as I feel it is a cool combination.
Blue connotes imagination and freedom while black connotes mystery.

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Black light
I wish to portray myself as a very positive person. I used bright colours to show my positive side. The contrast between the dark and the light show that I will stay positive no matter what happens. The name black light suggest the negative and the positive, as black connotes negative and light stands for hope. I have carved out the patterns in strips, both horizontally and vertically to show that I have uneven textures and my road is not always smooth sailing  with a lot of hardships here and there. I think Vincent Van Goph inspired me the most, as he had been through many tough times and hardships, but he still persevered and eventually gained success.

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When u see me, you are dead By Tai Ming Wei

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When u see me, you are dead By Tai Ming Wei

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This incredible artwork is specially design to impress people and to make them feel afraid and frightened. However, the background is quite dark to express my scary mood inside of me. I envision myself to be a person who goes scary and to support the dark side. The background which has some blue lines connotes some danger happening around me which I like. The colours of the background, dark red, yellow and blue will make a menacing impression.

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FSN

This title is the acronym of the thing which has inspired this particular artwork. This is a series of events across one and a half yy earears which I am not at liberty to share for it was this series of events which dictated that it was not to be shared
Generally in this image, I wish to portray myself as a powerful and influential figure,hence with the use of a red background. The green colour was used to contrast with the red and the colour gradients were mirrored for better contrast. Non of the artists inspired me l, since j am not on with those kinds of art which I see to be dull and boring. I much more prefer realistic urban scenery art.
All in all, I feel that portrait printing is just a mix of modern image capturing technology with primitive colouring methods, but is nonetheless equally effective though less efficient. I believe that with the development of art technology these inefficient forms of printing will naturally find themselves confined to the memories of select interest groups.

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The life’s crossroads

For my self-portrait, I envisioned myself to be a person who goes through thick and thin. The gradient from the light blue to the dark blue shows the changes in life and how things can turn badly really quickly. The left side starts with a light blue, which suggests a light and calming feeling, connoting the times that fly by smoothly. However, the right side ends with a dark blue, suggesting a dark time and giving a feeling of sadness, and this connotes the times where life tries to knock me down.
I also envisioned my self-portrait to show that there are many crossroads in life and that it sometimes would take both ends of the spectrum to overcome difficulties, and these difficulties would leave its mark behind, as can be seen from the many imperfections in my self-portrait. It is also to show that difficulties will stay with them no matter how far you go to overcome it.
The background is a series of crossroads which shows the many difficulties and choices that I need to make in life. The various messy details along the crossroads shows how many things would distract me and throw me off course.
I think that self-portraits are different from selfies. In self-portraits, the artist is able to portray what he wants others to think of him. However, in selfies, the picture is the actual representation of the real person and does not show what the artist thinks of himself.

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I am very anti-social. There have been many instances where I have been glued to my devices. Sometimes, during outings, I am constantly distracted by the things in my phone. Even when I play games, I sometimes would rather play by myself than have to interact  with my friends. The haphazard patterns on my portrait represent my disconnectedness with the outside world. I am also very self-centered and can be quite selfish at times. I am usually more concerned about myself than the other people around me. My almost spotless face in the portrait shows this.

I chose a dark colour scheme to portray my mood of hating everyone and everything around me, including myself. The colour blue is always associated with sadness, which perfectly portrays my mood.

I think that portraits are nothing like selfies today, as this portrait can convey meanings that selfies cannot, such as your mood.

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Joys is my idol

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun

The frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand;

Long time the manxome foe he sought—

So rested he by the Tumtum tree

And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,

The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

He went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”

He chortled in his joy.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

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This artwork represents how I've changed and what I've realised about myself since leaving Primary School and coming to RI. Ever since graduating, I've found myself growing older, yet also more introverted. In Primary School I was very outgoing and would spend my time having fun with my friends. But since I graduated, I started to lose that sense of always having someone or a group of friends to open up to and share my life with, and I felt that all my past friendships were breaking apart. Sometimes when I'm lonely I find that
"I've been hiding, hiding away- inside my shell;
Hoping someone will come in some day-and bring me out;
I want to open up but I'm afraid to get hurt or hurt someone..."
However, I've recently started to find that there are still blessings and beauty in my loneliness and brokenness, and that I'm never truly alone and that I'm loved for who I am.

I represented my shift from being outgoing and extroverted to being introverted and lonely sometimes through the gradient of red to light blue. The spectrum of colours also represents how both the negative and positive traits like pride, joy, sadness, peace etc. make up who I am. The background with cracks represents how I feel broken sometimes - yet with these broken shards we can make masterpieces - broken but beautiful. The cracks also represent how I want to one day fully break out of my shell.

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Blue-self

Is this cool?
For my self-portait, I chose the colour blue for my outline to express my moody self when I’m in low spirits. I envision myself to be seen as bright and lively as I’m covered in a layer of bright combination of colours- yellow. This is because there may be occasions when I’m disappointed, feeling blue, but yet still cover myself with a layer of positivity so that I can spread positivity to the people around me.
My way of self portrait is using ragged lines as the background to showcase the messy side. The use of random shapes, random lines make my portrait reflects my half hearted self sometimes. This includes untouched edits on the outline of my face to show my untidiness too.

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Uranus
This artwork perfectly defines itself, as one of if it’s own kind. With its own artistic languages and cultures, which are impossible to decipher. Therefore, I am unable to describe my artwork for it is not mine-it is itself’s. As a great man once said, we should treat everyone with respect, and this is my way of respecting my own artwork. Good day fellow rafflesians. 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨