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Artist Statement: Ayden McManus "9x12" Magazine Paper, 2025.
My idea for this Art piece was just honestly placing the coolest pictures I could find in the magazines in a random order, with some motivational words in the middle. I got the idea from myself, it's nothing special but I feel like with some more small pictures it could turn out pretty cool. My process was to start by cutting out pictures with scissors, and gluing the words in the middle first, and going from there. I want my audience to see the art not just in people, animals, or regular drawings, I want them to see the art in random things too. The most difficult part about it was trying to find cool pictures in the magazines, I found a pretty good amount I thought but now that I look at it, there's plenty of white spaces that could be filled up. If I started over, I would do more smaller pictures and just try to take up as much as that white space as I can. The style of art is surreal and it is unique to me because it's like my life, everythings all over the place. I really love the motivational words in the middle.
Artist Statement: Ayden McManus "9x12" Drawing Paper, 2025.
For my idea, I knew that I wanted to draw some type of truck from a place I used to work at. My idea evolved when I drew the background, where the lines make the background stand out more. I used a pencil for my drawing, while using a shading tool when necessary. The shading tool was very helpful for the rims of the truck as that's where I used it the most I feel. The most difficult part for me was drawing the rims, and getting the details exactly how I want them. The only thing I would change is taking my time more with the background, it feels sloppy in my opinion, but overall I am proud of this work. I think this could be considered a realistic style of line art.
Artist Statement: Ayden McManus "9x12" Drawing Paper, 2025
I was inspired to create this piece by one of my favorite rappers, Gunna. I think this could symbolize pop culture. Some of my inspirations include the Mona Lisa, a portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. I drew this work with pencil for an outline, and then I went back in with colored pencil to add color. This is a combo drawing as I did not finish it completely, but half is colored, and half is not. I did this because I knew this drawing would take me a very long time to complete. If I could change something on this art piece, I wish I was able to finish it with all color to see how well it would look. This is unique to me because he creates some of my favorite music.
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