Nittia Henry

Ms. Ruiz

Visual Communication

period 6 October 25,2011

Inside Me

I always have people assume they know who I am. I never get a chance to show how different I actually am. Ms.Ruiz give us an assignment to show our creative side using Picasso to inspire us. After learning about Picasso and many of his work; I felt that this should be more than a class project. I really put my true heart on this work and I want to explain my illustration and how and why I did what I did. We had many different types of design. What we did on photoshop to make it possible. Why I did I choose those element of designs. The true meaning behind my symbolism and why I think this is my best piece.
We have been learning about the different type of element of design. I have about all of the elements but, I feel that there is two in particular that is more major than others. The two is line and color. I have so many lines on my project. I have used lines in my back ground and to point out things I want people to see. If I put bold lines then it will caught the peoples eye and the little lines still make a big difference. I have all types of colors I have my face that has bright colors and my background has many color as well.
I made “inside me” through photoshop. I used a lot of warping, liquefying, and painting. The tool I used the most was my brush tool. I love how many different types of brushes there was. I liked the stars and the air brush for my background. I used more of a regular brush for my face and body. The different brushes help me express myself .
The reason why I choose color and line for my elements of designs was because I wanted some of my features in my face stick out. I love my dimple and lips and wanted them to stick out more than my nose and glasses. I put more of a thicker line on my dimple and my lips. I choose color because I needed to show more emotions. I didn't want to just have “inside me” a couple colors, therefore I blasted “inside me” with many color.
The meaning behind it all will be my favorite part. I wanted to show my peers and teachers that Therese more than a girl who go to church. There is so much more to me than that. Life was never good. I contstally get bombarded with arrows of pain and suffering. In my portrait I have myself leaning to the side because I have learn to doge the arrows. On one side I have a cheetah print to show my creative side but, on the other is broken lines. The broken lines show my brokenness. I am in a season of brokenness. I do no mean broken as in a bad way, but broken in a way to get stronger like a mussel that wants to grow stronger. My glasses hides my eyes to show how shy I am. No one thinks I'm shy and I didn't want to believe it. My shy personalty developed after I been denied time after time. I put a wall up so no one can get in. I have even reach a point where I cant look at you in your eye. My shirt has a cross with holes in it. This explains my religion. I want to be like Jesus as much as I can but, I'm not perfect. I sin yes me! I don't think I'm better than the murder or the rapist. I try my hardest to be just like him but I fail again and again.
This is my most successful by far because I really put my life into this image. These are not just a bunch of thoughts but my feelings. I put Nittia Henry on the spot light. Yet there is more that I wish to express. I wish that I can improve more emotions in my original photo. I hope that you enjoy my portrait, thank you.