Navigate Through The Sustained Investigation by clicking on the titles of each section/piece:
(Selected Work from AP Exam)
Concepts and Inspiration
Mind Map
Mood Board
The fear of disease.
Sustained Investigation Piece # : 1
Measurements: 10.8 x 8.1 inches
Materials: Procreate using gouache-ish brush, perfecto pencil, nikko rull. Digital Photography and costumes.
Processes: Staged repetition creates overwhelming fear and movement. Gaudy shading Shows uncomfortable texture.
Ideas: Plague doctor mask representing the fear of disease through unsettling imagery. Pathophobia.
My friends Lily and Peter modeled for me
The fear of blood.
Sustained Investigation Piece # : 2
Measurements: 9 x 8.9 inches
Materials: Procreate using pencil liner, soft airbrush, rusted decay. Reference source images.
Processes: Dynamic figure as center in static composition. Blood viscosity indicates cascading movement.
Ideas: Expelling blood out of facial orifices, with panic to confront the fear of blood. Hemophobia.
The fear of being stared at.
Sustained Investigation Piece # : 3
Measurements: 8.9 x 8.9 inches
Materials: Procreate using gouache-ish brush, nikko rull, and grit filter. Reference source images.
Processes: Repeating eyes in revised background connects the girl to the ground. Granular look shows unease.
Ideas: Eyes evoke a sense of being watched and taunted creates the fear of being stared at. Scoptophobia.
The fear of snakes.
Sustained Investigation Piece # : 4
Measurements: 8.9 x 8.9 inches
Materials: Procreate using pentel brush pen, and Larapuna. Overlay of scales. Reference source images.
Processes: Repetition and movement of snakes emphasizing figure to create focal point.
Ideas: Drowning in snakes, being overwhelmed and terrified represents the fear of snakes. Ophidiophobia.
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The fear of the dark
Sustained Investigation Piece # : 5
Measurements: 8.9 x 8.9 inches
Materials: Procreate using gouache-ish brush, pencil, gaussian blur, perspective blur. Reference source images.
Processes: Revision of a full color scheme to grayscale creates surrealism. Perspective evokes impending doom.
Ideas: Dark Shadowy figure creeping up on a sleeping girl personifies the fear of the dark. nyctophobia.
The fear of fire.
Sustained Investigation Piece # : 6
Measurements: 10.8 x 7.8 inches
Materials: Procreate using perfecto pencil, pentel brush pen, smudge, warp. Imported images to collage.
Processes: Vacant space contrasts figure to emphasize focal point. displacement of flesh creates melted effect.
Ideas: Unique, unnatural example of the fear of fire. Figure is melting as if made of wax. Pyrophobia.
The fear of death
Sustained Investigation Piece # : 7
Measurements: 10.8 x 8.5 inches
Materials: Procreate using nikko rull, rusted decay, chromatic Aberration, glitch. Digital collage photos.
Processes: Variation in opacity and overlay creates a psychotropic environment. Translucent grave evokes death.
Ideas: Girl in hospital fears dying and being dragged into the afterlife during her surgery. Thanatophobia.
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The fear of plants
Sustained Investigation Piece # : 8
Measurements: 9.6 x 10.8 inches
Materials: Procreate using pencil liner, charcoal, rusted decay. Reference source images.
Processes: Panels show progression of violence in the plant. Manic red juxtaposes the darkened state of nature.
Ideas: Irrational example of a plant killing its farmer evokes the fear of plants. botanophobia.
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The fear of birds
Sustained Investigation Piece # : 9
Measurements: 8.9 x 8.9 inches
Materials: Procreate using pencil liner, and rusted decay. Reference source images. Digital collage photos.
Processes: Text creates harmony through repetition. Blood-thirsty birds elicit psychological disturbance.
Ideas: Murder of crows committing a murder and devouring the corpse in an irrational scenario. Ornithophobia.