Drawn in procreate
SketchBook work 1
Part of final piece
SketchBook Work 2
SketchBook Work 3
Unfortunately in college
Unfortunately in college
Coming from a mix raced background and in a country that my parents werent from I've always been taught more about Chinese beliefs more than filipino or bolivian because It was what I've always been taught from kindergarten till this very day. I was always surrounded by Chinese culture and etiquette so the word "Taboo" for us was base more on superstitious meaning, I could've done a piece more about Hong kong's current events which involves "one country, two system" , Carrie Lam, the umbrella movement but whilst doing my first research it was a heavy topic for me as well as I didn't wanna produce any false information.
So instead I chose "福" (Fuk) [represents Good luck, Good fortune, Blessing ,Health] It's been heavily used in many ways and situations examples: It's on key charms as gifts, hanged on posters walls in restaurants, homes, office and even centres. and behind the word Luck many people believe that there are actions and mannerism to uphold in order for them to avoid any unlucky situations. So from memory and experience and some help from my friends back home in Hong Kong I've listed down a couple, well more than a couple and I believe that theres even more to it. But some of them are what most people in our age still believe in most common are the number 4 "四" (sì)/(Sei) sounds like Death "死" (Séi). And
I first outline the chinese character on my IPad using the app Procreate which allows me to fill in the colour make it look like gold and add some details like the words I've written by hand and paste in the shape of that character.
Images of silhoette, reference of clock, chopstick on rice,age group, license car, broken plate,
I wanted to use the human Evolution as part of my work and reference, I choice different eras to use as the silhouette in my work. Then pick five eras that I liked and only outline the important feature of their era to keep it simple and less busy because I was already going to add other drawings in the background and the character with words and i thought it would be too messy. i wanted their silhouette to be in front.
The outcome.
unlike the Human evolution reference that shows ape to human being, This is through different era and the oldest era would be black as they're the spirit and facing the left as for the one facing the right using his phone would be in grey to symbolise modern and current.
Between these two types red or black with a hint of red
Close up of the piece
The menu where they serve dog
The background text
Ghost silhouette
the only modern person focused on their phone and a bowl of rice behind him
The unlucky 4s, shoes
The texture of the background
Examples of how I might want my final piece to look hanging decor , lantern or a poster.
Final work