About myself:
Hi! I’m Taina, and I’m majoring in Illustration. I have done traditional illustrations, such as charcoal, graphite, and oil paintings. I also have dabbled in digital art, such as, photoshop, illustrator, and procreate. I’m more accustomed to traditional art however. A few social issues that I tend to show in my art, and want to do in the future, are queer issues, transgender issues, and mental health. I mainly express my identity, thoughts, and events happening around me. I have done some comedy, horror, and romance art based on what comes up in my head.
The artists that I am inspired by are Cecily Brown, Vincent Van Gogh, Sonia Lazo, India Rose Crawford, and Shanna Van Maurik. Cecily Brown, Vincent van Gogh, and Shanna Van Maurik are oil painters that I adore based off their style, techniques, color schemes, and their ideas that come on the canvas. Cecily Brown is definitely more focused on what people might seem as uncomfortable, such as being erotic, and showcasing desire, death, and life. I get more inspiration from the oil painters I have mentioned in the previous sentence, because of the different ways that I can showcase myself and how there are no limits. Sonia Lazo and India Rose Crawford is more so on the playful side, bringing a back a more childlike fantasy and style. These two artists almost forces me to remember about the fun and quirky side of art, it's like a breath of fresh air.
- Man on a Diving Board (Master painting): The first painting was to copy a master painting from
MOMA as our final. It included multiple layers of paint and glazing to bring the vibrancy of the colors
coming through. As the final layer, I used a good amount of paint to show the thickness, while using the texture of the paint brush, to emphasize it. The colors itself separated each section of muscles, making it tricky to not use harsh lines to define them. This piece was the most challenging, fun, intimating piece I have done recently. I was very intimidated because I thought i got ahead of myself when choosing this piece, especially with how much time I put into this (all nighters lol). I still loved it nonetheless because of the colors that caught my eye in the first place. It was also very challenging because I had to figure out what the techniques the artist did since I couldn't find what he did on the internet. I was struggling with the color match, depth, and values. I would say the hardest part I had for this piece was the water, since I have always struggled with it and often avoided it, however, it ended up being what caught people's eyes the most, and the woman in the water! I felt an awarding feeling when this was finished.
- Self portrait inspired by Master Painting: This self portrait that we were supposed to do had to correlate to the copy of the Master Painting. I followed the techniques I used for the master painting with multiple layers of glazing, using vibrant colors as the underpainting, and emphasizing the brush strokes rather than making it smooth. I was able to find a photograph from August that was coincidentally the same pose as the woman in the water making it easier for the process of the painting. It was definitely fun and light-heartening for me to be able to create this moment of time that was special to me.
- Portrait: This is a large scale charcoal drawing of someone I used to date. We were allowed the use a projector to trace and scale it onto the paper. It also helped to differentiate on the values that way it was easier when starting to go into detail. It required different materials to be able to get what I want with either the hair or jacket, like, kneaded eraser, q-tip, cloths, and ranges of charcoal pencils. This was a definitely new experience and intimidating due to never doing a large portrait before and the realism.
- Parody of Master Painting: We had to pick a semi-famous painting and do a parody of our own choice. I decided to use "Nighthawks" and combine it with one of my favorite shows "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack". This was done on Photoshop using the oil paint brush, so it can be close to the original painting. Matching the colors and being able to put my favorite characters was definitely and fun and funny experience.
- News Report of Brownie (my puppy): This was a project we had to do in Photoshop. i decided to do my dog causing mayhem, traffic jam on turnpike. It was such fun and cute experience to do, especially since I got to use my dog as inspiration. It was definitely a learning curve, such as, how to make it seem like he is stopping traffic, what pose to pick to use, how to make him seem more in place of the picture.
"On Photography": Susan Sontag
- "Finally, the most grandiose result of the photographic enterprise is to give us the sense that we can hold the whole world in our head -- as an anthology of images."
This quote stuck to me because it puts into words about how the photos I take to remember, moments, places, and people makes me feel. It makes me realize that it is my whole world and anyone can see the photos to experience a glimpse of it. For some of the artworks I chose, includes a moment that was very precious to me, my first pet that i adore, and someone I deeply loved. I used these photographs and put it into a different medium that made it even more special to me.
- "The subsequent industrialization of camera technology only carried out a promise inherent in photography from its very beginning: to democratize all experiences by translating them into images."
The second quote also brought a realization that made me take for granted. We can take photos anywhere at anytime since our phones have a camera included. We don't have to pay extra for a professional camera, if we don't want to. I just never realized how privileged to be able to take photos to remember moments and to capture them. Obviously with paintings or drawings, it's more difficult to have access to it, but, we did come up with a way to make cheaper options like digital/physical prints, stickers, social media, and etc. This blog is a more accessible way that people can turn to so they can be able to see different types of artworks.
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