Final
For my final I wanted to poke fun at the seriousness and fabrication of family portraits. I guess this is more of a personal statement because my family takes these yearly portraits very seriously and I wanted to be able to have my own fun with it. I gave us all pineapple heads because it's our favorite fruit. With each changing hairstyle I wrote the inner dialogue of the person whose hair was changing and what they were really thinking. Portraits only show the outward appearance of people, making it seem like we are all perfect and don't capture each person's individuality. I just wanted to show what each family member was really thinking about at the time.

In Progress: Family Portrait

Final Project: Pineapple People

I have a strange obsession with pineapples and I like to incorporate them into each class I take, I have used them in my photo class, I made a typeface out of them and my logo is also a pineapple. Now that I have these photoshop skills I want to create a cluster of my friends and family with pineapple heads. The medium I am choosing is going to be iron-on transfer paper and I'm going to iron them onto a piece of canvas fabric. My idea is to take photos of my family members individually doing something unique to them and give them a pineapple head and then create a scene to iron on. I used iron-on transfer paper before and I really liked the outcome because if the images are black and white you can layer them nicely. I also want this piece to be something that I can add to continuously. 

Final?

In-Progress: Sleep Cycle 

The Cyclical Nature of Things

When I think about cycles I think about the sleep cycle because I love to sleep.  The cycle starts with non REM sleep; stage 1 is 5-10 minutes where you can be easily awoken; stage 2 the heart rate slows and body temperature decreases; and stage 3 where the body prepares for deep sleep. Then the body enters REM sleep, happening 90 minutes after you've fallen asleep; heart rate and breathing quickens, intense dreams, and the brain is more active. I want to illustrate the idea of the sleep cycle through eye movement and create a dream-like environment with the pictures I've taken.

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