Self Expression

In this task, we were told to express ourselves in any sort of media that we could improvise. Be it photography, images, text, typography, drawing, illustration etc. Expression had to be of the things we have interest in doing it, be it sleeping, art, and so on.

So with that understanding of the task, i noted down the interests and the ideas i was going to use to express myself and what i would do/use to come up with the expression of me. These were the expressions i was to use on expression me as a whole.

• Music
• Gaming
• Fashion
• Commitment 

After noting down those, i thought about how i would use that to express, so i was going to use a figure that represented me. That figure was going to be a body that had my face, main body and part of my legs, more of like a body picture of me. That drawing was going to be separated into parts that speak to me, so my interests were going to be placed on it, more to give an abstract portrait of me.

The process of how i was going to use were my interests are listed below.

• Music - Having a passion of music, i was going to find a way to implement this side of me in the drawing. And for that, i got the idea of getting the musical staff that has music notes and that was going to represent the blood flow in my body but not only does the blood flow but the music too. And my heart was going to be a speaker that was going to be placed in the center of my body as the source of the 'pumping' of the blood in my system.

• Gaming - I have a gaming side to me and i love playing games for fun and keeping me busy and so i wondered how i could use this in my art. So i my first idea was to have a playstation console, as  my main body and have it open where my heart being the speaker would show. But after consultation from the teacher, had to create a more defined art and something one would understand and for that, i decided to stick to the same gaming concept but have an idea and that was to have control pads/joystocks that were going to mirror each other and then have the speaker between in them which would show a more bright and meaningful work. This idea was accepted by my lecture and hence i put it into my final art.

• Fashion -  To look good is one thing that i also like and have i love to express that in the way i dress and present myself through my appearance. So for that, i was going to use this idea on my face and have a piece of Ray Ban shades that were  going to cover one eye and show that side, The shades were going to be see through/transparent this is to show that i can see past through my own vision through the shades.

• Commitment - Having a commitment to work is one thing that i do and try my best to strive and throughout the struggle to archive the most of the work i do. And for that i was going to have to find a way to use that expression and i was going to use my legs as ladders that would show someone climbing up to archive his goal.

The materials that i was going to use for the following art were

• Recycled manilla paper
• Ray Ban glasses
• Straws
• Headphones
• Shoelaces

With the ideas and all and how i was going to use the materials with the work, this was the final product that i came up with :