This art piece serves as a visual representation of the effects of the sin, negativity, and hate that people project through their mouths. The piece emphasizes the power of speech, the power of sin, and the power of the lips/mouth. The serpent embodys Satan from the Bible. In the Bible, Satan disguised himself into a serpent and tricked Eve into going against God’s words, therefore forming the first sin. The hands coming out of the mouth represents the inner-self struggling to come out to speak the truth and spread kindness. The hands can also represent the inner demons from within ourselves coming out, and spreading hate through speech(mouth). The collection of sin act like bacteria and cause the teeth and tongue in this art piece to look rotten. This clearly shows the harmful effects of speaking sinful overtime. As time passes your former self slowly decays and eventually is permanently damaged like a tooth cavity. Sin itself is very ugly and harsh, to communicate that idea on the art piece, I used bold black shadowing to make high contrast (when against the vibrant colors) and a more raw and harsh feel. This accentuated the idea of the damage and destruction that sin can cause. The black also added a more evil and dark feel to highlight the dangers of sin. I used extremely vibrant colors to give the piece an almost gross and fake look to elaborate the individual characteristic making up the piece.

Perspectives

Finished product (with photoshop):

This piece is a self portrait of myself taking a selfie in front of a mirror. On the phone/ social media I am perceived to be bright and happy, but in reality as revealed in the reflection of the mirror is someone dark, sad, and insecure. The phone and makeup are in color to reveal the "fakeness" or lies we hide behind to feel excepted in society. The color really projects/ highlights the power of insecurities. Some women feel obligated to hide behind make up to feel beautiful or excepted in society. Some people project a fake persona on social media to coup with their true reality/ feel better about themselves. Society may see a certain perspective of you but do not know the true story/ reality. You never know what is real or fake these days because everything is twisted and made to play with perspectives. Society sees the color and only the color (vibrant/highlights and takes away from the dark), but not the reality of the dark.

In this piece the paper actually started tearing while drawing so I had to take a step back and think of other way to portray this piece the same.

Mixed Personalities

May continue in the future, but for now finished (no photo shop):

This drawing represents some of the multiple different emotions, feelings, and emotional triggers I feel. I purposely left the main face to be left untouched and blank to try to communicate someone that is lost, confused, and broken. I am holding two masks that represent sadness (my right hand) and happiness (my left hand) to show the importance and the usage of these emotions. This drawing portrays the many emotions I feel and how I feel lost in them in certain situations. I tend to always to put on a mask that I am happy, but inside I would truly feel sad.

Sinful Lips in Pencil

Finished product (no photoshop):

I did this hand and mouth piece prior to the"Sinful Lips" drawing done in color. I did this piece in black and white to highlight the trap and almost "broken" feel. The hands coming out of the mouth represents the inner me trying to desperately come out and speak up. While growing up I felt constricted from talking or speaking up, but over time I grew out of it like such represented in the drawing.

Snake

I was always interested in reptiles while growing up. I owned multiple geckos to satisfy this curiosity. Lots of people, including my mom, are afraid of snakes, but I wanted to show that snakes can be more than fear, they can be beautiful. Many snakes that perceive to be colorful in nature are either poisonous or trying to act like they are. Despite this, people admire the beauty of these dangerous and mysterious snakes simply because of its exterior beauty. However, when come across with "scary" dark and big snakes people are quick to assume they are dangerous and deadly. However, In reality most snakes that are bigger and darker are not venomous, but simply rely on their constricting and biting strength, which in most cases are harmless to humans. I wanted to portray the many misconceptions and the many different opinions towards snakes. In the bigger picture, it portrays the ideas to people should not be tricked or judge someone through their looks and compare it or assume their personality. People are like snakes, in that looks are deceiving and that even the beautiful people can be dangerous and powerful.

(Title undetermined) Pulling Strings?:

This a self portrait of me in a doll/ puppet form. This is supposed to represent the result of being controlled by social standards. People feel broken down and controlled and portray themselves and hide behind a false persona/ role. It is a very open ended piece that can have multiple meaning according to your personal situation. Anything that drags you down and makes you feel not in control or constricted by could represent the hands controlling the doll.

Society controlling me and stripping my Korean identify away.

Plugged In:

(Image) IN PROCESS

This drawing portrays the problem of electronics/ social media taking over and consuming our lives. We take granted of the things present in front of us. We waste our precious and beautiful time into a small device. The cord wrapped around the person represents the stuck/ restricting feeling you have once "hooked" onto social media/ electronics. The severity of this problem is expressed when the person in the drawing would rather stay in dark dirty corner of a room instead of making precious memories in the outside world that she is surrounded around by. Her body is breaking down but despite that her phone acts like almost a drug and her addiction takes over her life, and the potential to live life to the fullest.

Dealing With Stress Through Taekwondo

Drawing my insecurities, stress, and etc on Taekwondo boardbreaking wood and breaking them. Maybe a video. It represents me breaking thorough my insecurities and dealing with my stress through Taekwondo. This represetns the benefits of Taekwondo in my life.

Family Portraits

A collection of drawings of my relatives.

Multiracial Friend group Portrait:

A collection of colorful, bright, and energetic acrylic paintings of my friends. Extra expressive, portray their emotions/ personality/ characteristics/ what makes them special and unique. Make 9 small sized canvases that go with each other. solid color background (color blocking)