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My focus for my artworks is the world around me and what makes it special to us.
In my eyes, there is a lot to this world, and to being human, that we completely overlook. We lack an appreciation for small details that get lost within the rush of our day to day lives. Perhaps though, my art may instill a spark of wonder into you, as the world and it's life gives to me. I work with a variety of materials, but mainly pencils as they feel neutral and allow a wide range of things that can be portrayed using them, watercolour, which has fluidity that life does and makes each artwork a process and forces patience to be learnt, and digital art, which allows me to not be restricted by lack of colours or materials around me.

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I see a variety of shapes that make up objects I use everyday
I think drawing these objects gives me a new look at them as I began to notice little details about them while I was drawing them, such as the bubbles inside the lipgloss and swirls off cream in the container.
I wonder what other details I overlook in many of my everyday objects just because I never sit around and observe them, perhaps I might find many interesting things about such "ordinary" objects.

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Images on slide:

top left:

Christian, O. (2019) SIRENDIPIA [painting] http://krizpi.artstation.com

bottom left

astrono (2022) [untitled digital drawing] https://3y3.tumblr.com/post/685195035943239680/astrono77153462

middle left - Victor, T. (2018) Alena Painting [painting]  https://www.saatchiart.com/print/Painting-Alena/425707/4545729/view

top middle right - 高井息吹 Ibuki, T.  (2017) Sekai No Himitsu [album cover] Ibuki Takai

bottom middle right - Wanderlust2003 (2018) Animal eyes [photograph containing many animal eyes together in a grid]

Wanderlust2003

Right most - nothought (2009) Swordfish Hotkiss Knight [colour pencil artwork] https://www.deviantart.com/nothought/art/Swordfish-Hotkiss-Knight-144263413

Scholarly work:
Mimosa, M. & Nor, A. (2020, February 18). Making kin beyond babies - after Donna Haraway [youtube animation] [Streaming video]. Making kin beyond babies - after Donna Haraway.

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I see lines forming into a drawing of a girl
I think the free, loose lines, allow a much greater focus on form and shape rather than allowing me to fall into the pit of perfectionism
I wonder just how much my art and composition can improve if I continue practicing these blind and semi-blind drawings

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I see shapes forming into hands
I think the vagueness of the shapes and shading adds a lot of feeling into the piece, allowing this drawing to show details while not being something that i got to see myself form in the moment
I wonder if I can continue using a similar technique to allow depth and shadows to form, deepening my artworks

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I see an ever-morphing form of a human eye, It looks to be undergoing some kind of splitting, with a pupil that no longer resembles that of a human.
I think the loose strokes allow me to focus well on creating the forms and shapes I want to picture without forcing myself into a style of perfectionism
I wonder whether the world of this individual is now unique to them, would they see more of the world than we do with a much longer pupil? would their world seem greater and new to them?

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Imaginary Digital art piece - Procreate 

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Imaginary Digital art piece - Procreate 

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I see a strong mood of emptiness and yet hope portrayed though colours and lighting in a broken down city
I think this mood portrays feelings of hope and yet loneliness very well
I wonder about what unique artefacts I would find being in such a world

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What if humans possessed certain animal senses or features ?
-What if humans saw the previously unseen world?
-What features would humans finally be able to experience?
-How would humans see the world with our new senses?

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Propose the imaginary world you wish to make

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Propose the imaginary world you wish to make

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I want to create a world in which us humans get to experience the world in new ways, ways that animals have been using to see the world in years. Have you ever wondered how many more colours exist that we just can't see? What hidden information you miss out on due to not having the sensory organs to process them? or perhaps a more general question of "what would it be like to see the world that is usually hidden to us due to our limitations?"

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Pencil sketch with 2 pastel colours as highlight "back(backpack)pack"

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I see lots of contrast between the light and dark areas which I tried to focus on for this drawing, I also see how bright the gold colour keychain is in comparison to the grey back and this contrast is why I chose to colour it.
I think I did well in the colouring and shading as well as developing a clear form and structure to this drawing.
I wonder what difference a different highlight colour would make to this piece, how would the atmosphere change? :)

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Shell:
I see a cool ink drawing of a seashell with its unique pattern.
I think its a cool approach focusing just on the pattern and allowing that to be the focus of this piece.
I wonder if this high contrast work helps to strengthen my skills in clear line definition and helps me to make more confident strokes.
Pinecone:
I see a nice start of shadow and light definition.
I think the placement of the shadow is interesting and develops depth into this artwork.
I wonder if I could continue to experiment with monochromatic artworks in future so I can learn to add depth without just colour.

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Top:
I see a unique silhouette of a family of mysterious creatures
I think the focus upon broader shapes rather than small details allows a sense of mystery to surround these creatures.
I wonder what kind of world they would live in, perhaps they would enjoy halloween as a holiday the most.

Bottom:
I see a lovely new penguin creature
I think that his new hybrid features would give him a huge advantage in nature
I wonder how this would impact him, would he be more liked? less liked? would other penguins try to be like him? perhaps his species might learn something new from him...

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Top:
I see a very fluid and abstract watercolour pattern created using a bold and unusual (for me) technique
I think the watercolour being such a fluid medium and having the colour float within its own water bubble creates a very unique composition
I wonder how I can combine the fluidity and variation that watercolour gives into my other artworks

Bottom:
I see a mix of the previous technique with my usual
I think I utilise positive and negative space in a unique way in this artwork
I wonder what this line of separation may symbolise

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Anthropocene explosion
The name of this world comes from two parts;
"Anthropocene" being a new evolutionary era that, although unofficial, has been adopted by many people as a new era due to the high levels of human impact on the life around us.

and the explosion part comes from terms such as "Cambrian explosion" being an era in which live dramatically changed, evolved and developed.

Together I combined them to create a world in which life as we know it changed dramatically and underwent many rapid changes. This change is what I will be capturing in my art for my AT2 portfolio.

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Earth, Anthropocene era.
This Earth, will be like our own only this Earth prioritises connections to nature and life around us. Through a series of experimentations humans of this planet got to combine themselves with the life around us (specifically various types of animals), giving us these unique "human-animal hybrids". These people are celebrated for their unique views of life and abilities. Despite all these differences between individuals, perhaps in this world humans are more united than you may think.

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I see a dark and mysterious mass upon a piece of fabric
I think I did well portraying a mysterious and slightly dark mood
I wonder how working monochromatically will help me with making clear light and shadows in more complicated works of mine

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(this is also posted to my art account @akulaeu )

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Self portrait - Procreate digital drawing

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Self portrait - Procreate digital drawing

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I see a self portrait using realistic colours and flowy shapes
I think the shading style adds a nice texture and form to the piece
I wonder how I could transfer a lot of these techniques i use digitally into traditional art for my portfolio

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This digital artwork, created by a university student - Star, is my chosen visual reference artwork for my AT1 portfolio.
This piece, combines the human life and one of the animal in harmony. I chose it as this image contains many parallels between its two subject matters.
The girl and the butterflies all have a unified and shared colour scheme, uniting them and almost blending them together. The spots on the butterflies also resemble eyes and, due to their placement, replace the second eye of the girl. I think it is beautiful when different lifeforms can live in harmony, it is how life is intended to be after all. Perhaps we, as humans, may one day stop separating ourselves so much from the nature that created and raised us.

During my AT2 I really want to explore this connection we humans could have with animals and explore the new lifeforms or "human variants" that may arise.

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For my mentor text I wanted to take a look into what the world is like for different animals and I wanted to look into what senses they possess that make this world seem so different to them compared to us. I took a look into this video where I got to come across many examples and learn a lot more not only about the physical sesnsory organs an animal has but I was also introduced to the topic of "Umwelt", (Introduced by Jakob von Uexküll) which in short is to do with an animal's sensory environment.

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The hidden sensory world of animals | Ed Yong

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Connect to relevant scholarship about drawing / painting / sensory knowing

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Connect to relevant scholarship about drawing / painting / sensory knowing

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I was interested by this concept of genetically modified humans that contained animal features, and this was what first inspired me to look further into this concept.
I went on to look into what it means to be human when what we as humans become so different to what we are now. I wanted to think about concepts similar to those spoken about in the video, such as the more political side of being a person, and to address the sort of kinship that forms beyond just family. I was wondering whether in this world of mine people of similar animal features became closer, or if perhaps there would be this unified sort of closeness that everyone possesses knowing that despite being so different we are all human underneath it and not one set of features is better than another.

Mimosa, M. & Nor, A. (2020, February 18). Making kin beyond babies - after Donna Haraway [youtube animation] [Streaming video]. Making kin beyond babies - after Donna Haraway.

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Making kin beyond babies - after Donna Haraway