Reflection
1. Define which techniques you tried and mastered? Struggled?
I tried photography. I struggled a lot trying to take this picture. That is because I couldn't figure out what the best lighting was. In my house, the plain walls aren't hit by sunlight, so I had to use lamps, flashlights, etc. This created a lot of shadows which made the pictures look messy. Also, what I wanted to do with the picture was to focus the light on the word collage, but due to the circumstances, I was unable to figure out a way to do that. Now looking back at the photo, the word collage is blurry. In order to make that look better, I would stay as still as possible and try to make everything very clear.
2. How did you draw inspiration from other artists techniques or aesthetics in your work? In what ways did you derive meaning or gain historical perspectives from their work? Why these artists?
I looked at Melanie Cervantes pieces of art. I used her work and found a way to make it my own. In one of her artworks, she had a woman on the front with the saying, "Brown and Proud. Todos somos Arizona." I took that and wanted to create a word collage of words that represent the word immigration.
3. Describe the evolution of your piece. Decisions made. Compositional elements.
The evolution of my piece consisted of a lot of planning. I had to make a list of words that represent immigration. After that I thought of someone that I knew who migrated to the states and that was my father. He moved to the United States from Panama due to a dictatorship government and it was tough for him to like there.
4. If you could consider doing something over, explain why you would do this and what you would do next time?
What I originally wanted to try and do with the picture, was to focus the light on the word collage, but due to the circumstances, I was unable to figure out a way to do that. Now looking back at the photo, the word collage is blurry. In order to make that look better, I would stay as still as possible and try to make everything very clear.
5. Elaborate on how this piece links with your other pieces? What is the common thread?
This piece links with my other pieces because it goes with my theme of family. If my father didn't move her from Panama then I would not have been able to learn about that culture from first hand experiences. Overall, Panama is a major part of me and my family and I wanted to show that there are tough situations in other countries and in order from people to start a new life, they have to make sacrifices that will end up benefiting them later on in life.
I tried photography. I struggled a lot trying to take this picture. That is because I couldn't figure out what the best lighting was. In my house, the plain walls aren't hit by sunlight, so I had to use lamps, flashlights, etc. This created a lot of shadows which made the pictures look messy. Also, what I wanted to do with the picture was to focus the light on the word collage, but due to the circumstances, I was unable to figure out a way to do that. Now looking back at the photo, the word collage is blurry. In order to make that look better, I would stay as still as possible and try to make everything very clear.
2. How did you draw inspiration from other artists techniques or aesthetics in your work? In what ways did you derive meaning or gain historical perspectives from their work? Why these artists?
I looked at Melanie Cervantes pieces of art. I used her work and found a way to make it my own. In one of her artworks, she had a woman on the front with the saying, "Brown and Proud. Todos somos Arizona." I took that and wanted to create a word collage of words that represent the word immigration.
3. Describe the evolution of your piece. Decisions made. Compositional elements.
The evolution of my piece consisted of a lot of planning. I had to make a list of words that represent immigration. After that I thought of someone that I knew who migrated to the states and that was my father. He moved to the United States from Panama due to a dictatorship government and it was tough for him to like there.
4. If you could consider doing something over, explain why you would do this and what you would do next time?
What I originally wanted to try and do with the picture, was to focus the light on the word collage, but due to the circumstances, I was unable to figure out a way to do that. Now looking back at the photo, the word collage is blurry. In order to make that look better, I would stay as still as possible and try to make everything very clear.
5. Elaborate on how this piece links with your other pieces? What is the common thread?
This piece links with my other pieces because it goes with my theme of family. If my father didn't move her from Panama then I would not have been able to learn about that culture from first hand experiences. Overall, Panama is a major part of me and my family and I wanted to show that there are tough situations in other countries and in order from people to start a new life, they have to make sacrifices that will end up benefiting them later on in life.