sustained investigation #10

(9x12 inches)

I’m calling this project, "the map of life" because I made this map of how small you are in comparison to the rest of the world. The subject is a woman in a mirror located in the same spot on bigger scales. I chose to create this specific work because it's easy to think small things like comparing yourself to other people and taking their negativity to heart. When I was creating this I had scale in mind. My inquiry question is “How can I show the societal and media pressures on women through my art? I think this is a great piece for what I’m doing my question about because it's about the influence of negativity on women and if you think about how small everyone is in this universe it doesn't seem like a huge deal. I think this message is important to everyone because it shows negative comments from others isn't the end of the world.

For materials, I used marker and pen. I used them as a material because I wanted fine detail drawing. While creating this work, I paid close attention to making it clear how small everyone is by drawing them on a town scale, state scale, country scale, world scale. I wanted my artwork to look sort of like an infographic and I did that by added statistics and writing and bright colors. To add interest to my composition, I used lots of different diagrams and info.

I like the way it looks and I am proud of my message. However, I struggled with making the writing look neat. My work shows that I learned to research to make art work.