One of a Kind

Recently, I visited a street art exhibit called "Exhibit Be", created by Brandon Odums.  He, and many other artists, created street art that almost completely covered an abandoned apartment complex.  He had different sections of the apartment buildings designated for different artists to work with.  As I walked around the exhibit,  it was clearly visible that each artist has their own personal style and message that they wanted to portray.  This aspect of the exhibit inspired me the most considering my art is generally based around the importance of individuality.  In order to portray my message like Brandon and his fellow street artists, I created this collage.  It consists of many different flowers collaged into a human silhouette.  My reasoning for this is that, like the artists at the exhibit, no two flowers are exactly the same.  Flowers come in all different shapes and sizes, but they are all equally beautiful.  I think that this is a concept that also applies to human beings but is commonly overlooked.  Society has created a mold that all humans are supposed to conform to, but this is an unattainable task.  All humans are different, but all are beautiful.  For my collage, the silhouette represents the mold that individuals of society are told to fit, but the flowers represent the true forms of the individuals along with their differences and individual beauties.  Brandon Odums' exhibit inspired me to spread my message to the world, and I challenge you to do the same.  

Isabel

Vogue

Exhale

"Open Your Eyes, Look Within" -Bob Marley

I'm very interested in eyes because of their radiation of emotion and character.  I really do think eyes are sort of the "window to the soul."  Because of this, I decided to take pictures of my friends' eyes and put them all together, so these pictures are all lined up and glued to black paper. I was also inspired to do this by the song Pretty Eyes by Alex Goot.

Photography

 I took this photo in Paris, France of the Metro sign.  I love the light shining on the sign and the somewhat monochromatic background with the bright red sign as a focal point.  (Edited with Snapseed)

 My dog, Sammie, loves to be up close and personal with people, so this photo captures her perfectly.  I love the light and dark values.  (Edited with Snapseed)

 This is a photo taken of me doing gymnastics in front of the Eiffel Tower.  I edited it to add more contrast 

and the black and white effect. Photocreds to Emily Anderson. (Edited with Snapseed)

I also took this photo in Paris right when I saw the Eiffel Tower for the first time.  I thought the trees added to the photo as opposed to solely the building itself. I edited to the photo to add contrast and ambiance.  (Edited with Snapseed)

 This is a photo of my neighbors dog, Suggie.  (Edited with Snapseed)

This is a photo of my dog, Sammie, and me.  I edited it to make it black and white with blurred edges to draw the focus towards our faces.  Photocreds to Madeline Gordon. (Edited using Snapseed)

Tess

Tess

This is a drawing of my old dog, Tess.  She didn't actually look like this, but you get the idea.  First, I drew all of the dog with an HB pencil, and then I gradually used darker pencils finishing with a graphite pencil which I used for the eyes.  I then used pastels for the background.  I wanted this drawing to mainly focus on the principle of emphasis.  I did want the background to pop, but the dog is meant to be the focal point.