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I wanted to portray the poppy scene in the wizard of oz in a new way. I used abstracting scraping strokes with oil paint for this piece. The bismuth puddle would be a recurring thing in my piece and acts almost like a character. A puddle represents the aftermath of rain. Often time rain (bad events) can be traumatizing for people, but making the puddle pretty shows that when rain comes plants get nutrition (rain give you lessons)

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This piece is about being immersed in this dreamful land, however, there is some flaws in this dream. Like the wizard of Oz, when Dorothy sees oz for the first time see is amazed but she only sees it from a one dimensional perspective. In this piece, by stacking the glass before the paint dried I was able to achieve cracks in the sky to symbolize the imperfections in the word. I didn’t want the viewer to notice them right away so I think by adding the melted bismuth it distracts the viewer from the imperfections.

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This piece is about when you first start to dream, and that pathway leading into your dream. I also want the blank brown part to represent the real world by being dull and unrelieved, and the stairs being having this gravitational pull of interest because it is something you haven’t seen before. To achieve this I use gold leaf on the stairs to give it a shiny attractiveness. Overall I want to do another version of this piece that is more elevated

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This piece is about when you first start to dream, and that pathway leading into your dream. I also want the blank brown part to represent the real world by being dull and unrelieved, and the stairs being having this gravitational pull of interest because it is something you haven’t seen before. To achieve this I use gold leaf on the stairs to give it a shiny attractiveness. Overall I want to do another version of this piece that is more elevated

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The Selkie is a Scottish/Orcadian creature that takes the form of a seal when in water, and a beautiful woman or man on land. The selkie in human form is said to have absolutely captivating beauty, drawing in sailors and distraught single women. Selkies are one of the least aggressive sea creatures when compared to mermaids or sirens, having little interactions with humans unless they choose to or are are forced to. The one weakness selkies have is their seal skins. When in their human form their seal skins can be stolen, and if stolen by the wrong person they are forced to reside on land until they can retrieve them. This often leads them to live human lives with the sailors who stole their skins, until they are able to be set free. (Not finished)

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When I lived in Korea, I took its culture and uniqueness for granted. Living in America, I started to miss and yearn for my roots. However, being that South Korea has become incredibly westernized and so technologically advanced, it made me wonder what about the culture there was different from here. And then the other day I saw a picture of a woman wearing a hanbok (a traditional Korean dress) and it hit me with nostalgia. Even though when living in Korea, you only see people wearing these outfits on important holidays, it made me reflect on those deep traditions that have been rooted in my culture for hundreds of years. Something when any Korean looks at, they see a part of their history. I wanted to show how by preserving its history with simple things like a dress or a traditional folk dance that a rich culture has been able to stay alive.There are only red, blue and black in this picture. The reason is because it is the color of the Korean flag. I used a marker and watercolor pastel for the ingredients, and the reason why I painted the clothes with pastel is because I thought it was a pastel that could express the feeling well because the material of “Hanbok” is very soft and silky.

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To me, my family is the whole world. Even though right now we are currently separated, I am constantly reminded that we are still united by just looking at the sky. There is only one sun and whether it is setting here in Minnesota or rising in South Korea, we are looking at one sun at the same time. Something simple like this keeps our family united no matter the distance. The background of this painting was watercolor painting. I used the color blue and green of the earth to express the earth. The reason why I used watercolor painting is because I wanted to express the earth in a dreamy way. So I added a lot of water to the watercolor and naturally mixed the green and blue colors. The landscape in the circle at the center used pastels. The reason is that I wanted to express it using a different material from the background. Because it wanted to center around the circle, the edges of the circle were painted with black pencils and white paint was sprayed around the circle to express the stars.

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(Work in Progress)

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This painting represents the power of confidence and loving your body. The woman I painted is unlike the standard definition of beauty. She has curves and belly fat that our society has deemed ugly. Even with these so-called “flaws”, she is unapologetically herself. She is not afraid to show off the parts of her skin that are normally hidden. She has learned to love herself and is able to be confident in the body she was given.

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I made this piece of art to represent the simplicity of beauty and embracing your natural self. The woman painted is unclothed, showing her most vulnerable side. The woman is in pure bliss, accepting and embracing her bare beauty. The flower vine surrounding the woman represents growth and change. Learning to love yourself takes time and growth, just like a flower vine does. With enough love and attention, both the flowers and ourselves can grow into the beauty we are capable of.

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The tale of Medusa from Greek mythology can be interpreted in many ways. For me, I see her as a symbol of female power and seduction and how dangerous beauty and femininity can be. I also see her as a powerful protector and one who has suffered much tragedy. You see before Medusa became the monster she is known as today, she was once a fair and beautiful maiden and a priestess in the temple of Athena. She caught the eye of Poseidon, and after rejecting his advances, he was outraged and took advantage of her inside Athena’s temple. Furious, Athena cursed Medusa; giving her a head of snakes and a gaze of stone. She was a symbol of warning in Ancient Greece and through the Middle Ages, but her symbol changed when Christians saw her as evil incarnate. Changing her into a powerful seductress and predatory sexual being instead of one who suffered from sexual assault. (Not finished)

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The first three projects were ones that I had done before I changed my investigation topic. The third on is still a work in progress and I might try and use it in my new investigation topic.

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This was made with watercolors and embroidery floss.

Tinnitus is ringing in the ears. I have experienced this for a while, and has worsened in the past several weeks. At times, the intensity of the ringing takes over and I am unable to hear any outside noise, which is what I wanted to capture in this piece.

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This piece is done on canvas in watercolor.

This piece represents how the stress in my life has been consuming, which is expressed in the high water level. The fluid leaking from the nose represents how my health is contributing to this. This work is not fully completed, I still need to finish the water, hair, and details in the face.

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This piece is done is graphite, colored pencil, and watercolors
This is a drawing of the skeletal structure of the back of the head. Skull base and neck pain is often associated in traumatic brain injuries. I wanted to capture this by highlighting in warmer tones where my pain in those areas commonly occur.

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This piece is made with embroidery and colored pencil.
This is the corpus callosum which is the inner part of the brain that connects the two hemispheres. This portion of the brain is responsible for sending messages from one side of the brain to the other. The corpus callosum can be damaged in traumatic brain injuries.

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After cutting up an old pair of soon to be thrown away shoes, I began to admire the complexity of them and got a vague feeling of understanding of the shoes. This led me to think about what would happen to any pair of shoes after their last use. I went down a strange path in an even stranger figment of my imagination where maybe shoes had “souls” that wander in lifeless agony after not being respected or shown any signs of gratitude for their bearing tasks of protecting our feet. When you look at the painting, the eye, off of an initial glance, is presumed to be drawn towards the center which is representing the one way gateway into the bottomless, hopeless, and defeating pit where the souls are trapped. As the eye looks away from the gate, it only gets darker and more hopeless. The souls are actually in the shape of a sole of a shoe because that is what I feel will always take the most amount of beating as time goes on. For that reason I painted, with the exception of the black eyes, the whole painting with the sole of the shoe I tore apart. The only part not done with the sole of the shoe was the dark green eyes and mouth. I decided to do the eyes with the upper of the shoe because of all the remaining pieces, it takes the second most amount of damage. I used the rubber toe piece on the sole to get precise lines like the trail following the souls for example and I used the heel and the base of the sole to more evenly distribute the paint in the outline of the souls. I feel that it turned out very well. It was difficult to add detail but I did my best and overall I like how it turned out, enjoyed the process and teardown, and I am proud of the final product.

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After wear and tear, shoes get old and are thrown out to never be worn again. All of the engineering being completely discarded. For this work, I decided I was going to think twice before throwing out old shoes. Instead I started by taking the shoes apart and separating them into their 4 main parts: Outsole, Insole, Upperkniting, and tongue. Some sub-parts would be mid-sole, laces, heel support, topline, collar, feather edge and many more, but not all shoes have them and I wanted to stay simple. After the teardown, I took photos of my 4 main parts and dived head first into photoshop. Not being that experienced with photoshop at first it was very overwhelming. I spent many hours learning how to use it and better my photoshopping skills for the future where they will need to be near perfection for my portfolio. I am glad on how the final result looks. Every element seen is a different picture. For example, it may look like the hand and the shoe were originally taken with the sky as one photo but that is far from the truth. I started with my completely torn down shoe and took side shots of the four parts, but I also showed some depth to contrast each other. The main shoe in the center is the right foot mirrored to look like a left shoe so the parts in the background would be comparable. After taking a picture of my hand, the sky and the right shoe (looks like a left shoe in the center of the photo) I made each its own smart object so that I could then mask and separate them from each other. I then had to rasterize each smart object so they were all on the same plane before conjoining them on the same canvas and touching them up with a blending tool. I then repeated the process with the 4 other parts but instead put them on a layer below the hand and shoe, but above the sky so there would be a small overlap. I also put a slight gaussian blur and set their opacity to 80% to be sure that they would not stand out or draw from the focus too much. Overall, I wanted the photo to seem normal yet a little unsettling. I wanted it to seem normal by maintaining good photoshopping skills but slightly unsettling by seeing the parts stick out and comparing them to the focus of the work.

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This picture was taken at night using a high resolution camera. I decided I wanted the light coming from on top of the shoe to show off the texture and feel that they give off. Taken in the rain to ensure texture on the boulder that the shoe was taken on, this rare picture is a phenomenal display of the beauty and time that engineers put in to create masterpieces for us to walk on. In order to generate a dark and gloomy feel while still keeping the visibility, the photo was adjusted to have lighting that is white. The photo taken was modified on Photoshop to invigorate details and escalate the overall resolution.

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During the Oregon wildfires over 1 million acres of forests were burned, and over 3000 buildings were destroyed. I designed a city without any reference, and It displays an organized city before a wildfire.

Size : 2’ x 3.5’

Medium : Cardboard, and Clay

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Firefighters devote their life to their job, and they sacrifice their safety. In my eyes firefighters are very important, and I consider them to be overly brave.

Size : 5” x 7”

Medium : Linoleum Block Printing

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The cities of Oregon are experiencing these red skies due to all the air pollution caused by the Oregon Wildfires. Oregon air quality surpassed 400 on the Air Quality Index. Air Quality becomes hazardous beginning at 300.

Medium : Lead 2H, and 2B

Size : 9.5” x 11” Paper

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Fire Fighters across the world use anti-fire to extinguish fires, and save lives. This is a chemical compound of anti-fire.  Anti-fire is one of the key ingredients to keep fires from spreading. In the 2020 Oregon Wildfires, only 9 lives have been taken. This number is very low compared to the 1,500 square mile radius of the fires.

Medium : Acrylic Paints

Size : 18” x 24” Canvas

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Engineers and designers have to constantly come up with new ideas and ways to solve a problem. I decided to put myself in their shoes in order to understand their process and get a feel for designing. I decided to start by designing something as simple as my name. As simple as it may seem, this took me forever. I knew that I wanted to keep my name in its order, not scrambled but this made it difficult to look like it was one complex piece. This lead me to my third design of having my first name upside down and my last name the other way. So every time you rotate the work you can read a different name than the last. I have been practicing graffiti art for 3-4 years now but I decided to do something different. Instead of doing legit graffiti, I decided to use only arrows, the main idea behind all graffiti. I wanted my piece to look chaotic at first glance but as you look deeper into the work you can see they all lead somewhere and all are balanced. I knew that I wanted each name to stand out with their separate colors. I decided to balance them with their opposite colors (warm and cool colors) in order to draw attention to it.

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Clay Relief of common Oregon Plants ( work in progress )

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This painting is a girl taking off her makeup. Half of her face still has makeup on, while the other half is being wiped off. While taking off her makeup she is revealing her imperfections. While society sees imperfections as ugly, every human has them.

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This piece of art is a person squeezing their belly fat. Bellies are usually a big insecurity for people, and this painting spotlights what is most vulnerable. The bright colors bring joy to the piece and show that belly fat is beautiful.

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When in the water, sometimes you get a false sense of lightness cause we floor. After being buying for so long, we eventually have to pull ourself out of the water but the reality of our weight can drag us down, making it almost impossible to get out. For a while I feel like I've been in a dark and lonely place and I've been so used to be so reclose. By doing so I've also put inside dealing with my emotions because to ring myself out of that darkness, I have to contrant all that I've been ignoring and it feel so heavy, even heavier than it was before. It always tempts me to fall back into that false sense of comfort and continuous floating just to avoid it all.
this work I used painting on canvas.

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Those that are close to me get frustrated when I’m upset because I tend to close up. I don’t talk or show my emotions and they can  it as being emotionless. But in reality I am in so much pain and I truly want them to know how I am feeling but I seem to automatically shut down as soon as these feelings come over me. I used oil pastel and the blue that I covered my face in represents the cold/calm that people misinterpret me as whereas the red tears show the warm/real pain and emotions I actually want them to notice.

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This drawing can be perceived as the end. The girl has been stabbed in the heart. There is carnage and ruin around her, but really it’s only the beginning of the story- even though she doesn’t know it yet. This was where I was when that person betrayed me and left me for dead. I was lost and heartbroken. I was in so much pain and I mistook my heartache for missing him. Religion mementos around the girl just makes the intensity of the pain all the greater. The catholicism represented (or lack-there-of, you decide) can also heighten the feeling of shame, hopelessness, and loss as well.

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My own journey has led me to a place where I am at peace with my religious pilgrimage. I’m also at peace with what had emotionally happened to me a year ago. The decadence of the glass and the gold paint represents how far I’ve come and how much I’ve flourished. The girl is still in the veil because my catholicism is still with me. There’s juxtaposition in the sense that my other painting (having the religion in such a dark place) verses this perspective and setting of religion.

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What is the idea behind your work?
This is my summer assignment. I was practicing drawing from life, and not looking at a reference picture.
What were you trying to achieve?
I was trying to create a realistic object while drawing it from real life.
Talk about the materials you used.  Pencil (2H Lead)
Are these artworks something you
would like to build on this quarter?
no, this drawing was used as a way to practice drawing from a still object.
What else would you like to say about these works?
no.

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I took this picture when I was on a trip with my family in brained. this picture goes to show how little you are in the world and it made me feel very small.

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idea/what i wanted to achieve: I wanted to use a similar technique to my janis painting, but in as a nature painting. I didn't go in with a solid idea because I want it to be raw, but I wanted my color to be this soft airy feeling.

I might want to do a series like this one, and develop a story around this face in nature.

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for these two painting I used oil paints, painting spatula, and towels.

Idea: One night I was up late listening to Janis Joplin, and more specifically the songs Mercedes Benz and Little Girl Blue.

Trying to Achieve:I wanted to paint how her music felt. Her shaky, dramatic, real, and raw voice was portrayed by harsh to no blending and a cinematic color scheme.

I loved doing this type of painting because yes a painting is about how it looks... but it is more of a feeling you have to put into it while painting in, and the feeling a viewer get while looking at it

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This is the look that I did in the sketchbook. I just sat in front of my mirror and drew myself when I was done with the look.

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material=alcohol marker, colored pencil, and uh regular pencil.
it is random stuff in my room and two people I know. Both sketches are of the same general material and same supplies. Also, no. I will not further any of these ideas.

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What is the idea behind your work?

I originally like dolls,  I wanted to express the texture of dolls with drawing.

Talk about the materials you used.

I drew it with a pencil.

What were you trying to achieve?

I wanted to draw a picture that looked really realistic.

What else would you like to say about these works?

Eeyore is drawing like me.

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What is the idea behind your work?
This piece is trying to show the dark side of commercial farming.  A large factor of global warming is due to the whole process of livestock, and commercial farming.
What were you trying to achieve?
To illustrate 2 sides to this story, without making it too confusing.
Talk about the materials you used.  Pencil (2H)
Are these artworks something you would like to build on this quarter?
Yes
What else would you like to say about these works?
Nothing.

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I really just had the urge to draw some strange things one day. I decided to draw some things that are typically associated with magic or witchcraft. I also was inspired by the movie Coraline. I wanted to try drawing long, thin hands like the ones shown in the movie. I also just wanted to use bright colors once again.

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I didn't really have a solid idea behind these drawings. I was at a friends house late at night, and was inspired by a piece she had hanging on her wall. I wanted to do something similar but with farm animals. I wanted to try shading in a different way and try to not focus on blending as much. I may try to incorporate this style throughout the semester, but it depends on what I'm creating

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I wanted to draw a woman with really over exaggerated features. I wanted to use bright colors and I drew whatever came to mind. I used my Copic and Bianyo markers for this drawing. I don't think I'll build on this during my portfolio, I just wanted to try a new style.

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What is the idea behind your work?

I drew Matilda in the movie Leon. The reason is that there is a close-up of Matilda's face in the movie, and I wanted to draw that scene because it was a face with a lot of emotion on Matilda's face.  So I painted up and down black to express it like a scene in a movie, and I felt a lot of emotion in Matilda's eyes, so I drew it most hard when I drew she's eyes.
Talk about the materials you used.

I used colored pencils and paints and pastels.
What were you trying to achieve?

I wanted to express a scene from a movie in a picture, so I drew it so that other people could see it and say it was like a scene from a movie.
Are these artworks something you would like to build on this quarter?

Yes, and I also want to try paint.
What else would you like to say about these works?

Can you feel Matilda's feelings in the drawing?

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This picture was taking on a trip driving down the California coast. It gives me the feeling of being a cowboy in the middle of a desert, but also a very peaceful feeling

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This spring, birds kept dying from hitting my window, so I want to see one up close. The feathers stacking and blending is something I hope in incorporate into a piece.

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I drew this one day over the summer when I was talking to one of my friends ! I drew him because I was thinking about how much I appreciated him. I used drawing pencils on a piece of paper to sketch this out.

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I drew the lemons because of how calming they are to draw. I am never stressed when doing pieces like this, because its not something I need to get every little detail right. All of the fruits can be slightly different shapes, colors, and sizes which makes me feel like I don't need to stress about getting everything perfect. I used colored pencils on a mixed media sketch book paper.

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I was working on drawing different poses. This artwork was a colored pencil drawing. I would like to build on this and understand how to incorporate the wave into the drawing.

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I wanted to capture color and shadow. This is a pencil piece. I used both colored pencil and led pencil. For this quarter I would like to try out new things and expand my pencil drawing/shading ability.

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My inspiration. for this piece came from the headaches that I get. Sometimes when I get headaches, I also get tunnel vision, which I tried to portray in this piece. I used a canvas and acrylic paint for this work.

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There was really no main idea behind this piece, I just knew I could do a lot of things with this. I took the picture of the fan, which was originally gray, and boring. I decided to turn up the saturation to 100%, turning the walls bright blue, the table electric yellow, and the fan a bright lime-green. Halfway through painting with acrylic paint, I didn’t want to paint the fan green anymore. I took inspiration from the “pop art” style of artwork, and made the fan white with a black border. I then added dots in the background to add more to the “pop art” vibe. I wanted to see if I would enjoy doing a style of art that I am not too familiar with, and I did just that. I want to continue challenging myself with different styles and mediums of art in this class.