For my self-portrait I used the Mask tool and Eraser to add the photos that I felt represented me. I found a background that is colorful because I like to draw and paint, colorful drinks since I like to try new drinks, flower pastries because I like sweet things, cats because I have a pet cat, and yellow flowers because I like how flowers look.
When making my self-portraits I used the pen tool as well as the paintbrush. I drew myself in a blueish-green sweater, I call it my iconic sweater because I would always wear it every time. I have dyed hair which I had for 3 years, the colors are based on my favorite character. I also drew the things I like, my hobbies, favorite shows, and food.
For my self-portrait I found an image of the Lower East Side because that’s where I’m from. I then masked and used smart filters to add elements that represent me. Such as a stack of books because I like to read, a bucket of yarn because I enjoy crocheting and finally Twilight Sparkle because she’s My Little Pony which is one of my favorite shows.
Image Credits:
“Vector All the Ponies”, By 90Sigma. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. DeviantArt.com. May 16, 2021. All pony characters and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic are the property of Lauren Faust and/or Hasbro. https://www.deviantart.com/90sigma/art/Vector-All-the-Ponies-SVG-Files-302442314
“Cotton Wool Yarns”, By Brittany Wells. BrownSheep.com. Jan 11, 2017. https://brownsheep.com/knitting-is-for-kids-too-how-knitting-fosters-positive-childhood-development/
“Books, stacked of books”, By Anonymous. “HiClipart is an open community for users to share PNG images, all PNG cliparts in HiClipart are for Non-Commercial Use, no attribution required.” Hiclipart.com. Sep 8, 2018. https://www.hiclipart.com/free-transparent-background-png-clipart-vbxag/download
“New York City- New York City – Lower East – 1997”, By Onasill-Bill Badzo. Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic. Flickr.com. March 18, 2021. https://www.flickr.com/photos/onasill/51050065701/in/photostream/
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Illustrator Vector Self Portrait
Title: Self Portrait (Muppet Miriam)
Semester/Year: Fall 2023
Software: Illustrator
I created a Muppet inspired version of myself using the shape and pen tool. I created a gradient background to have a theme of happy bright colors that I enjoy looking at. I also tried really hard to make it look like she’s happy to make her less scary. I really liked the Muppets as a kid and even still to this day as well as the Sesame Street characters. However I would say that Jim Henson himself inspired my take on this project. I find his work fascinating.
The images I chose are images of where I’m from and have lived (Brisbane, Australia and Manhattan), with some animals which are also from there. The background is meant to look like a comic because they’re a big part of my life. In the foreground is an easel with a “painting” of myself on it, representing how I like art. In total I used seven images. I was inspired by the demo, which was a New York pigeon sitting on a building. This led me to want to make an image mainly based on where I’ve lived and to include animals that live there. The most challenging part about this project was thinking of new ways to add images, or how to use new effects. I ended up giving the rat laser eyes to try and use more effects.
For this project I mainly used the polygon tool to make shapes and combine them to make a face. I thought it’d be easier and more fun to try and create a cat face rather than my own face. The colors are mostly beige and blue, which I think go well together. A lot of the clothing I own is either navy blue or beige. I was mainly inspired by the example of the vector self portrait shown and I wanted to depict a face. The collar has the letter C on it for my name. A challenge I went through was not knowing how to center the C properly. It kept snapping to places that weren’t the center. I think maybe if I changed the text into a shape it would have let me move it to where I wanted it to go. One of the most challenging things that I did solve was how sometimes I would seemingly randomly be on the wrong layer. After a while I realized that when I hit undo I’d sometimes be transported back to a previous layer. This also caused me to edit shapes and paths that I was done editing instead of a new shape that I wanted to create. Once I figured out what was happening I was able to solve my issue.
Title: Self Portrait (Pigeon and Lizard in the City)
Semester/Year: Fall 2023
Software: Photoshop
For my Self Portrait, I started with an image of a city, because I live in a city, and since the image had a pigeon, I thought the pigeon could use a friend, so I used Photoshop compositing techniques to add a lizard into the image.
