Stars and stripes

The idea that is visually evident in my piece is a news article about a unarmed african american man shot by a police officer for just standing there doing nothing wrong. This piece doesn't relate t my life because I live a generally privileged life as a white male but I felt this article needed to be represented and brought attention to.

I started with doing the outline of every thing with a pencil then a ball point pen the added sharpie marks and finished with a long time burnishing with a variation of colored pencils.

I started with many thin lines then making some thicker adding texture emphasis and color as I went. My project started with an muscular outline with some skyscrapers and just by adding color I gave my picture more of a story than a couple of lines had. I think the next thing I would do would be to add color to the skyscrapers and maybe add more details and texture to the man.