Studio Art Concentration

Bad Girls go to Heaven, Adobe Photoshop, 2019

Good girls go to heaven?, Adobe Photoshop, 2019

Artwork 2: Process

Artwork 2: Progress Diary 1

Reflection

For my next doll, I wanted to create an angel to go against the demon doll that I made. My goal was to get 50% done with the doll and I think I've done that. Of course she still needs the characteristic of an angel such as a halo and wings, but I was working of the face over the break and I feel like I got the hardest part out of the way. For the face I intended to go a little more angelic using more colorful colors. Ms Fuery also pointed out that her makeup is almost like my makeup, which I guess I had an influence on myself, mostly because I used my own makeup on her. A challenge when making her would probably be trying to stick on the Bratz head on the Barbie body. The head was obviously not made to fit another doll's body so the head hole is a lot smaller than the peg that is on the body. I did try to hot glue the head on the body but it wasn't quite staying in place, so I just let it be. She does have a bobble head but it's not as bad as I thought I would be. I actually think this might be a good thing because she does have articulation in the neck, which is better for photographs. I am most satisfied with the face because I honestly did not know what I was doing and I'd say it turned out alright, especially in the blending on the eyeshadow. I think my ideas have grown because going into this next doll, I did not have a plan as to how she was gonna look, where as for the demon doll I had a sketch and just needed to find the stuff to make her. For this doll though, I went with the flow and basically just found stuff around the house and things I saw when going to the store. Now that I have her all laid out, I know exactly what to do, such as the halo, wings, and adding more to dress. By next Tuesday, I'm setting a goal of having the wings done, since I will be DIYing them. and hopefully they come out how I envision them to be.

Artwork 2: Progress Diary 2

Reflection

Last weeks goal was to finish the wings and halo. I've done so much more than what I planned my goal to be. I have done both wings, made the halo and glued it on, and added more to the dress. I'm pretty much done with her, all I need now is to glue on the wings to her. The only thing challenge I had with her so far would be that the wings were a mess to make. When making them I did not realize how much of a mess feathers can get when you cut them up, but I couldn't do much about this, if I wanted to wings to come out right. I'm most satisfied with her dress it was more fun to make then the other because I did not have a sketched out plan so I just went with the materials I had and added on the the dress. My ideas for her have grown because I did not have a plan as to how she will look so I went with whatever I wanted to do and I'm pretty happy with the final look. Now that she's technically done, my goal for next week would be finding out the story I'm going to be making with both dolls. I already have some ideas in which she will be a fallen angel and will turn into her devil counterpart.

Artwork 2: Progress Diary 3

Reflection

Last weeks goal was to photograph the dolls in various poses and to decide what the background will be. What I have accomplished since then is that I have photographed the dolls in different poses, and I have researched what I want to background to be. I haven't yet chosen something specific, but I plan on doing that and putting it into the work soon. I think what was challenging would be is that I chose to wrong body types to photograph them since these bodies to have a limited range in motion. Something smarter that I should of done would be to get a more articulated body type so I could have more poses to go off of. I am most satisfied with the photographs that look like there's action in them, such as pictures 2, 3, and 4 because it makes these dolls a little bit more realistic. At first, I did not have many ideas when photographing them so I wouldn't say my ideas changed or grown, instead just bloomed, since I went right into it. My goal for next week would be figuring out the background and hopefully getting to start on it in Photoshop.

Artwork 2: Progress Diary 4

Reflection

Last weeks goal was to come up with a background and start outlining it. Since then I have done that. I came up with my idea of "heaven". When most people think of heaven, they think about this place angelic place with lots of clouds, angels, heavenly lighting and maybe a gateway to enter. I kinda did that but I put my twist on it. I wanted to use more colorful bright colors because I really like obnoxiously bright colors. In the end I came up with this Care Bears inspired heaven. I also wanted to step out of my zone, and instead of just doing a flat artwork, I wanted to add some shading into it, so far I have added some shading into the clouds and overall I am satisfied with how this background is coming out. I think the most challenging part of this artwork would be coming up with the idea, because at first I just wanted to go for a heaven that is pretty basic, nothing fancy, but Ms Feury told me to do my idea of heaven and that's when I started to form some ideas. My goal for this week is to finish this background completely. I don't need much left to go. I just need the angels on the bottom and some stars and hearts.

All the Good Girls go to Hell, Doll, Acrylic Paint, Watercolor Pencils, Clay, 2019

My art piece explores the idea of demon-ism and transformation. She is intended to scare you but still look like she is ready to walk down the red carpet. I wanted to take something that most people know from their childhood, this being a Barbie/Bratz doll, and making it unsettling because most Barbie/Bratz dolls set a standard for society with their pink clothing and perfectness. I wanted to make her a little different, making her into something you don't want your child to play with. When I first started this, I had no idea what I was doing. I didn't expect much because this is the first time I tried repainting a doll and making it my own. Even though it was my first time, I feel like I did an okay job. I had the idea of repainting a doll for the longest time but I was always scared that it won't look as good as I want it to. However, I did not think I was going to make her a demon. I think I got this idea because I have been watching to many paranormal videos and movies, that now it just pops up in head because it does intrigue me, even though I don't believe in the paranormal.

She consist of mostly red and black because demons are most well known for these colors. Her face has a smokey eye look with black tears running down her soulless eyes. Trying to make her a little sinister. She has a third eye in the center of her forehead because most of the time the third eye means wisdom or power, but I took that and gave it a different meaning. I wanted the eye to mean that she knows the future. Meaning she sees the future through her third eye. Since she is a demon, that isn't always a good thing. She has a black gown that looks like it could be worn down a red carpet. I always see devil costumes around Halloween and most of the time, they're always made to look sexy and seductive. I didn't want to go down this route and instead chose a dress that covers her from head to toe, making her a more elegant demon.

Artwork 1: Process

Reflection

When I first started drawing, I first intended to turn a Barbie Doll into my own creation which is what I first started drawing on the picture in the bottom left. I soon realized that I put to much detail and there was a lot going on the face so I switch to a Bratz doll because Bratz have bigger heads than Barbies. The drawing was also giving me Bratz vibes anyways so I was fine with it. For her design I first got the idea of drawing horns because Ms. Feury gave me the idea of giving her horns. I then started turning her to a demon. I did want to give her a glamour Hollywood vibe too. In the end, she came out looking like a demonic Marilyn Monroe. As for the other drawings, I did want to turn a teddy bear into something else. Of course, I turned him to a scary mutant. Which i'm noticing is a recurring theme in my artworks, they're always scary in some sort of way. I got the idea of making a mutant teddy bear from Cerberus, Hades (A Greek God of the Underworld) dog. Hades dog has 3 heads, but I went ahead and gave him 2 heads, one evil head and a nice head. As for the other Bratz drawing, I am not planning on making that one into a doll but I will turn it into a makeup look. I do plan on using SFX makeup, making it kinda gory. I want to use nose and scar wax to make the "LOVE ME" and make it seem like they're cuts. As for the idea, I got the idea from multiple makeup accounts. I did start with an evil demon but I wanted to make a more angelic version, but of course she came out looking scary (which i'm fine with). Making her seem like an "anti-valentines day" cupid. Lastly, for the bottom right picture, I wanted to go full mutant and hybrid so I combined multiple animals. I first started with a bunny head because It first seemed cute then gave him spider eyes, inspired by one of my inspiration pictures, I then gave him a kind of furry caterpillar body with spider legs. Then I gave him the body of a dinosaur and lastly giving him the tale of a scorpion tale. I then got the idea that he could have a little friend so I gave him a little girl as a friend. Making it seem like he is her imaginary friend but everyone else is scared of him expect her. I do plan on making this artwork into Photoshop and hopefully explore new ways to draw on Photoshop.

Artwork 1: Progress Diary 1

Reflection

Through out this week, I have been all over the place. Most of the time I didn't have my supplies yet so I went ahead and moved to another art work, leaving the unfinished one alone. I first started with painting the Barbie body red (1). I also didn't know what else to do with her besides painting her red so I got bored and decided to give me some little details like the gloves and the spots that i gave her using a sponge. The next day, I decided to work on my hand drawn artwork (2,3,4). I had the idea of the hybrid creature and the little girl but I didn't have a setting and story just yet. I first got the idea that maybe they should be in a cave and the creature is protecting her, but I didn't like this idea as much so I scrapped that. Then, Ms. Fuery gave me an artist I could get inspired from and that is Henry Darger, specifically from his art work in picture 7. I redesigned the little girl, giving her a short hair do instead of the pig tails. I then gave her a very similar setting. The idea of the church was inspired when I was traveling somewhere, on the way there I saw what looked like an abandoned house or church and it had a lot of crosses and was stray painting with the words saying "JESUS SAVES" all around it. As of now, I am ok with this artwork. It could use a bit of refining but after that I think it is ready for Photoshop. Over the weekend, I bought some teddy bears that I could cut up and recreate my one of a kind evil teddy bear (5,6). I plan on sewing the two bodies and heads together and add some gore in there. As of now, I did cut their bodies but abandoned it because I didn't have a sewing kit yet. My goals for this week is somewhat finish sewing both teddy bear bodies together and to turn one of the heads more scary. I also want to start sketching in the face of the doll to get an idea of what she will look like.

Artwork 1: Progress Diary 2

Reflection

Last weeks goal was to stitch the 2 teddy bears body together and to sketch the face of the doll so I get an idea of what she is going to look like. I did end up finishing my goal. I manage to stitch the 2 bodies together and it didn't look that bad for someone who rarely sews. I think the hard part when it came to sewing was that one teddy bear was bigger than the other so there was extra fabric from the bigger one but I did manage to hide that extra fabric. I also tried to start turning one of the bears evil by cutting open the mouth and stuffing it with fake blood. I didn't quite like how this look so I might just make his mouth a little bigger and give him some teeth. At first I didn't know what else to do with him but after going to the dollar store I bought some stuff that will hopefully make him as scary as I want him to be in my head. I also couldn't ignore the nice side so I did want to give her false lashes and just overall make her more sweet and cute. This week i'm not going to really focus on the bears, because I've been going back and forth between these two projects, so I want to first focus on getting the doll done.

For the doll, I was quite scared to start her face because I knew that what I did could not be removed. So I first did start with a light color to sketch out where the eyes, lips and eyebrows are going to be. Then after I went in with a black watercolor pencil. After I did that I was being more happy with how she is looking. I noticed that a white watercolor pencil wasn't working well with the paint underneath so I did use acrylic paint. I was at first going to give her pupils but after painting in the whole eye white, I kinda like it and makes her look creepy. I also thought her head was to big for her body, so to balance that out I did give her wider hips that I made with clay and I will paint it red so it blends in with her body. My goal for this week is to finish her face so that I could move on to her hair and clothes.

Artwork 1: Progress Diary #3

Reflection

Last weeks goal was to focus on the doll and finish her face so that I could move on to the hair and clothes. Sadly, I lied to myself. I know I said I will focus on the doll but instead I went ahead and worked on the teddy bear. I think I did this because I was missing materials to finish the face and I had the materials for the bear so I didn't want to waste time and just decided to work on the bear instead. That doesn't mean I didn't waste my time though because I did get a lot more work done than I hoped for. In the first picture (1), I added some little teddy bear heads, which you could see from the second image (2). I cut their heads off and sewed them to the bad sides body because I wanted to make him more mutant-like. I will be making these bears more scary just like the bigger bear. I also decided to rip his mouth more open to have more space for teeth and put some teeth using fake nails. As for the good bear, I didn't do much, I just added some blush using real makeup blush, and some false lashes. So far i'm seeing it come together as to how I'm imagining it in my head but I still have a lot to do before I'm officially happy with the final product and it's coming out better than I expected because I only sewed like 3 times in my whole life. Of course, I'm not a pro just yet but i'm ok at it.

Artwork 1: Process Diary 4

Reflection

Last weeks goal was to finish decorating the bear with some finishing touchings. I have been working on both the teddy bear and the doll and I can't just work on one. I think the reasoning is that for one I don't have the materials with me at the time so I just move ahead to the other one so I don't waste time. I since then have almost finished the bear. I just plan to put a stuffed heart in the middle of them and have half the heart broken. Other than that I think I'm finished and I feel like the bear came out exactly how I envisioned in my head. Throughout making this artwork I realized that it does cost a lot of my own money and I should of probably thought of that before starting. I did not indent to spend as much money and time to get the stuff but I did want ever piece so that I could feel happy about how the bear and doll are going to look. My ideas throughout making this artwork have changed though. Some due because I just couldn't get the materials I wanted so I had to do something else. Such as when I was planning on cut the dolls hair I was going to make her hair curly instead of straight but I realized that I probably should of done the hair before painting the face because I was going to use water in the hair to help me brush it easier but I did not want to risk destroying the work I did on the face. I think looking back what could of helped me would probably be taking the artwork home and working on it at home. I feel like my art progress works better in short burst because Once I work on something for to long I get tired and my creativity goes away.