Digital Art

"The Haunting of Quarantine" by Sophia Barghouti

I titled this photograph that I captured and edited The Haunting of Quarantine. I named my work this because I was inspired by the novel The Haunting of Hillhouse. I desired an eerie and chilling impression. I felt using the word Haunting in my title best describes how I feel and the emotion I am trying to portray. My piece connects to the pandemic by editing a ‘locked up’ look on the subject. This expresses how being in quarantine is like. Being trapped in an enclosed environment is what being in quarantine has been like for the past few months. I intended for the ‘cage’ photo to be presented in a mask form. Covering the eyes, nose, and mouth is meant to represent being locked away from our senses and having to wear a protective medical mask due to COVID-19. These senses are used to interact with other humans. However, being in quarantine prevents us from using those senses for the purpose of connecting with others in person. I decided to submit this type of response because I have been editing a lot in quarantine, therefore I aimed to continue my skills and form this piece. I truly hope my audience will relate to this photograph and understand the deeper meaning of it. I believe this photograph is a great way to express the feelings most people have felt during this pandemic.

"Me Over Quarantine" by Zack Mayer

My creative response “Me Over Quarantine” Is a collection of small cartoon drawings showing off simply me during quarantine. The piece shows how I’ve been feeling and my bad habits I’ve picked up in these times. My creative response ties to the quarantine because I think many people during these times have been feeling the same way. Within quarantine it's very easy to lose the motivation to do anything, it's easy to procrastinate and it's even easier to get sucked into binging. I chose to submit this response because I like drawing and if I have the chance to show off my skills and get a good grade at the same time I'd do it every time. I didn’t have much inspiration for this piece, to be honest I just started drawing and it all came together. I hope the people that see Me Over Quarantine can relate to it and hopefully get a quick chuckle out of it.

"Change Has to Happen" Aliza Lee

"Change Has To Happen" by Aliza Lee

For my time capsule, I decided to create an artistic expression by combining drawings and words as my project. As of a couple days ago, I’ve been seeing a lot of innocent people being attacked and hurt on the news. Originally I planned had created the slide after this before the death of George Floyd however I have added a couple other slides. This matter is very important and i'm trying to think of ways I can help and spread the message. Racial Inequality and Racism exists when it shouldn’t. Im choosing to resubmit this as my project because I dislike how people with different cultures are treated. There has been a growing number of attacks and innocent lives taken and I want to speak out about it. I hope people could look into different perspectives and be more sympathetic. It's truly disappointing how people feel the urge to attack innocent people because of her culture, sexuality, or where they came from.

The first two slides have links to multiple articles that all relate to racial inequality in the Asian and Black community. I've also included a slide on ways to help. Use your voice ✊🏻✊✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

"Break Out" by Allison Dobler

I wanted to draw something related to the pandemic because I feel like pictures can speak louder than words. More specifically, I wanted to represent how many of us might feel about the stay at home order. We may feel trapped, and that all we want to do is get back to how things were. I was not able to figure about a way to express this in words, so I drew it instead.

by Emma Carr

I named my piece “During the Pandemic” because it’s filled with the things I’ve done during the pandemic. The piece shows boredom, looking for things to do, sleep, and stress which sums up my, and others’, experiences in this situation. The word “pandemic” is also in a shade of blue that I like to call “Hospital Blue” which I thought would elaborate more of the pandemic part of the piece.I chose to draw something for the time capsule because I enjoy drawing and to represent my pandemic experience I wanted to show that I have been drawing a lot and experimenting with different drawing techniques and skills. My inspiration for this was partly my Mom and partly Ellen. My Mom suggested that I do something with words because in the past I have done cool things with fonts and calligraphy writing. After this idea was in my head I thought of Ellen’s logo picture with her around the words peeking out and I thought that would be really fun to do. I hope that the audience will get an understanding of the boredom, questions, and reflections this pandemic has brought across to people.

"Extaordinary Friendships" by Quynh-Tran Le (QT)

The title of this drawing is “Extraordinary Friendships” because each person in the drawing has a different look and characteristics to them, but they’re all still best friends with each other. My piece connects to the pandemic because it’s reminding people that staying connected with your friends during this time is important, even if we can’t physically be with each other, we can still make time to talk to them. I chose to submit an artistic response because I enjoy making art and drawing, and I wanted to express my time capsule project through that. My inspiration for this drawing is based on my friends, and a photo we took when we hung out together. I hope that this piece will make the audience think about their friends and help them connect and bond with them, even during this pandemic.

"Retro Madness" by Brian Nguyen

I named this piece Retro Madness because of the variety of colors in each of the pieces and also each of the pieces has their own little personalities because of their outfits. For example, the bottom middle portrait is called Cyber Punked. My avatar in the portrait is the embodiment of chaos because of the cyber-enhanced parts on their face. The second one on the bottom left is named Ice retro, my avatar in this portrait is the embodiment of calmness because I made a bad pun. Since they have an icy outfit they are the most chill, get it? On the top left the avatar of that portrait is named Fire retro, his personality is rage because the fire can’t be stopped unless you have some water. To make this quicker I’m gonna do this, on the right top to bottom we have Plant Retro, The Nightmare, and Golden Retro. The Plant is caring, Golden is about greed and The Nightmare is the embodiment of fear. The portrait on the middle left is named Cold Hearted, his humanity was lost a long time ago. The poor thing doesn’t even remember his friends. The middle is the OG Retro, the first one to be created and he is the most realistic one because there are no lies he hides, and also no BS, just facts. This relates to the Pandemic because when stuck in a house, it tests how much of your sanity is still here. When I mean sanity I mean how creative you can be with yourself, I cope by drawing. I chose to submit this because drawing is a way to express someone’s personality. This is a perfect example here because we all don’t have one personality we put on, we have multiple, sort of like the mask theory from Erving Goffman I think. My inspiration was from a certain character’s outfit from a video game. The character’s name is Crypto from Apex Legends and this is one of the skins he has. I really like the 80’s vibe with his outfit and I wanted to incorporate as much of the sort of ’80s in my drawings. I want the audience to know that art has personality, and in times of hardships and isolation, art can get let's say weird at times. My portraits are the perfect example as you can see.

"6ft apart" by Chloe Massey

The art piece I created is called “6ft apart”. I named it that because my art piece represents how I see society reacting to the covid-19 pandemic. My art piece relates to the pandemic because during this pandemic we have always been told to wear a mask and stay six feet apart, before this year doing these things would have been considered absurd but have now become our new normal. I chose to submit an art piece as a response because I am better at expressing my thoughts and emotions through art. My inspiration for this piece was just people wearing masks. I don’t know how many people are going to see this, but I hope whoever sees this interprets my art in their own way when thinking about how it connects to the pandemic and how society has changed because of it.

"Quiet Quarantine" by Lauren Harris

I named this piece Quiet Quarantine because the character I drew, whose name is Sitka, is calmly sitting in her room enjoying the late night quietness that the world has to offer. When I drew this piece, I was actually sitting at my desk late at night, the silence keeping me motivated. It was very peaceful to be the only one awake and just enjoy the precious time I had alone while creating Sitka. This piece connects to the pandemic in a way of showing how, I am sure, many people are spending their nights alone or together with family. I added the electronics into the piece because I feel it’s a way I can show people that most days and nights, kids and teens spend their time playing video games or are on their phone all the time to pass the never ending time. I choose this type of response to the prompt because I can best express myself and my feelings through my art. I draw when I need to think and paint when I need something to keep me busy. Sometimes I don’t even have a plan until my pencil or brush hits the paper or canvas and then I let my mind wander while my hands create whatever they feel. My inspiration was from when I was sitting on my bed staring out my window at the sky when I thought about how I could recreate what I was seeing and feeling. This piece was a little out of my comfort zone when it came to the style I was working in, but I didn’t mind because I wanted it to be made with soft colors and make people calm and relaxed when they see it. I hope my audience will be able to relate to it somehow and really feel what I felt and what Sitka felt when she and I were staring out our windows late at night, enjoying the Quiet Quarantine.

“Smile” by Riley Powell

This pandemic has changed how we live and communicate day to day. We used to express emotion with our facial expressions and smile at those passing by to be friendly. Now these days we are all wearing masks and it has changed the friendly smile for us. As I do miss smiling at others and seeing people be friendly and smile back there have been some other good things that have come from this. People now have started to look each other in the eyes more, something many of us have forgotten how to do. So as we learn this new way of living just know that I will be smiling to everyone under my mask. Now that we have to wear masks my mom and I have enjoyed wearing ones that express our personalities. So for that was my inspiration for this piece to express what I miss because we are having to wear masks. So creating my own version of a mask as a drawing expresses that and I enjoy creating doing artwork on my iPad.

"Adjust" by Anna Pattison

Trepidation, a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen. I wanted to use a word that utterly described the feeling I had when all of this started. The symbolism of the mask is to show how quickly we all had to adjust to the pandemic. I intentionally added an unusual touch by adding six strings rather than two to show how there are constantly new requirements being made almost every day, which led me to spell out the word adjust.

"Life in Front of a Screen" by Tyler Jensen

The name of this picture is Life Infront of a Screen. I named it this because the picture is showing how Coronavirus had impacted me. The white screen in the background represents how everything is online now, school, church, entertainment, and even friends. This picture shows my perception of the world during this difficult time and how we are trapped behind a screen. I chose images to put in this picture that represented how the coronavirus has affected me. I chose to do a basketball behind me to represent the activities we cannot participate in right now, such as sports or spending time with friends. I chose to have me looking towards the limitations of a new life. I put a closed sign and caution tape showing the places we loved that are now closed, such as restaurants, schools, and parks. The window represents that closed feeling of being able to see the things I would like to participate in but cannot. I want this piece to show how different life is during this hard time. I wanted to create something as a reminder to appreciate the things that we had during regular times that can so easily just change. I chose this medium of graphic design because I am taking an Intro to Art Class this semester and learning how to use different programs. I feel that it is a great medium to express my creativity and show my feelings. I am able to create it and share it online during COVID-19.

"My Quarantine" by Jett Gomez

I called it “My Quarantine” because this is all of the stuff I have done during this pandemic. I chose a drawing because I feel the most confident with it. And I just prefer it. I didn’t really have an inspiration, I just thought of it. Maybe just some interest. I don’t know. I just want to show off this picture.

"Limited" by Riley Lancial

I named my piece limited because that is the best word for how I feel in the time of quarantine. My piece connects to the pandemic because I have someone that I love in my life who I can't see as much as I used to. I choose to do a piece of art because it is one of the things I'm sorta “best” at out of the options there was. I hope that the audience feels connected to the piece on the level of missing seeing the people we love and care about in these tough times that we are experiencing.

"Deconstruction of the Quarantine Mind" by Danielle Brown

My drawing is called Deconstruction of the Quarantine Mind. This piece is my interpretation of what it looks like inside the minds of people who are processing the events from the past couple of months; thus, this title seemed to be a perfect description of my intentions when creating this art. My art piece is meant to showcase most, but clearly not all, of the major events that have happened since our time in quarantine as well as what has seemed to become our new normal. This includes the toilet paper shortage and protests, as well as finishing school at home and binging Netflix. I chose to create a drawing rather than a written, or any other type, of response because pictures are easier to tell stories with when you have a lot to say but still want to maintain your grasp on the audience’s attention. My hope is that viewers will be able to look at these pictures and feel understood because it’s nice to know that you’re not going through something alone. On the contrary, I also want each person to interpret this picture differently, so that way they can bring their own memories and feelings into their interpretation of this art and can further process these events. Because this is for lit and comp, my inspiration was the personal prompts Mrs. Noah has been assigning for this class. Their purpose has been to help us cope with and accept what is happening around us and I wanted to be able to do that with a picture. In turn, this drawing was creating.

"Play By Day, Work By Night" by Nicole Castaneda

This drawing connects to the pandemic by representing how my schedule and mental routine has drastically changed because of having the freedom to do my schoolwork whenever I like. At one point I found myself sleeping in every morning, then playing video games or being on my phone or drawing for a little while after I got up, but “a little while” turned into all day and I’d end up working late into the night, right before deadlines. Of course I chose a drawing for the creative piece because...well, I’m an artist. This is the most ambitious digital drawing I’ve ever done, and I’m pretty proud of it. My inspiration was, as stated above, how my daily life has changed (for better or for worse), and all I can hope anyone would get from it is: don’t be like me. Be responsible. (and for those who are: good, keep doing that.)

"Hidden Treasures" by Quinn O'Connor

My piece is called Hidden Treasure, as it focuses on the valuable things that come along with the struggles of quarantine. We’re so busy looking at the outside world and what we’re missing out on during quarantine, we don’t realize that it comes along with many blessings. We have been able to spend extremely valuable time with our families and to take a break from the stress of the world. I realized how valuable my family is to me and the time I’ve got to spend with them during quarantine has been amazing, and it inspired me to create this piece. I hope that my audience comes to the same realization as I did: While quarantine is hard, the time I’ve spent with my family and the break I’ve gotten from the world has been well worth the sacrifice of staying inside. In the drawing itself, we see an obviously distressed person looking outside of their cage. What they don’t realize is the flower growing tall behind their back. This person is so worried about what’s going on outside the cage they don’t realize the amazing gift that is in confinement with them.

"Connections" by Micah Marrs

I titled my piece connections because of the very simple reason that they are all connected. My piece relates to the current pandemic because you can always stay connected with people during crazy times, you just have to try harder to stay connected. During quarantine I was super bored and had someone recommend me to use blender (A free 3d art program) for designing video games. After I watched one tutorial I was hooked. I have spent hours and hours in blender making tons of images and animations. I wanted to mess around with add-ons that I found. For those who don't know what add-ons are, they are a secondary script that adds to the functionality of the program. My main inspiration was a youtube video titled “How to get that space look - 60 second Blender tutorial” by Linolafettanet. This tutorial was explaining how to make the render (the end product of most digital art) to look as if it was taken in space. This created a really cool effect and made me want to recreate it. I decided to make a random model that I thought would look cool in under 15 minutes. The end result was the image you saw above. Overall this final image took me two hours to create with the additional 15 minutes to create the models. The main thing I want my audience to recognize, is that it isn't that hard to get Blender for making 3d art. It is entirely free and requires almost nothing to use. As long as you have a computer that uses Windows, MacOS, or Linux. There are also plenty of free tutorials on youtube that can help you get started. I hope that someone reading this will be inspired to make art in blender.

Additional notes: If anyone ends up making something in Blender, I would love to see and/or talk about it. Also, if you want to start I would recommend following the Youtuber BlenderGuru and following his Blender Donut tutorial.

"Couch Grad Generation" by Andrew Acevedo

I decided to name my visual piece "Couch Grad Generation" as I thought it was a fulfilling representation of all the people having to celebrate their graduation from a place like their living room. Many people were forced to self-isolate as a response to the Covid outbreak. With this self-isolation taking place, many events have been unfortunately cancelled. In my piece, I portray the lonely part of missing out on a significant event, such as graduation. Many factors inspired this piece, but the most dominant would be the graduating class of 2020. I hope that my audience will look at this piece and reconsider how they are spending their time in highschool. You never know when things will go sideways, so make the most of everything now! :)

"Lord of the Flies" by Jesse Philbrook

It’s just called Lord of the flies but now. I’m not very good at titles but it’s blunt so i’ll give it that. The spears with the masks on them and the signs with the sharp ends show how some of the public refuse to believe in the severity of the situation and they protest the lockdown. A lot of these people are angry and mad, thus the sharp ends of the posters. The masks are them attempting to kill the truth. Simon is shown in the middle holding a cross as he’s symbolic of the truth or Jesus, while the people round him hold out crosses too but this time in hatred as people nowadays are using their religion against the virus and saying it’s still ok to go to church or saying its not real and that god is punishing us. The dark smoke from the pig head is what is controlling people, the mass fear and anger are corrupting people's actions. I love symbolic art and I love drawing so why not draw a piece about the world right now. I probably would have done a black lives matter piece but that happened recently and i didn’t have time to draw a new piece. My inspiration was the protesters in the news, I thought, hey that reminds me of the ‘savages’ in LOTF. I hope they’ll understand how people are dying, the truth, and you need to not listen to what the masses say and do independent research.

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