Accomplishments

  Digital Imaging class is one of my favorite classes of this semester. Since I never had any experience with art on the technological side, this was definitely intriguing and fun. The project that I am most proud of is the coaster assignment. Through my two coasters, I had addressed the hypocrisy of modesty in Indian culture. I got a lot of appreciation for it because I used a serious cause in my artworks, which I have been trying to implement recently.

  An accomplishment that is outside class is actually pretty recent. I write for a college website called Society 19. One of my articles got published last week and it went viral! It resulted in getting 10,058 views and 562 shares, so I got recognized for the most read article of the week. This was definitely awarding to me. Also, I am now the Editor in Chief for the Society 19 Temple Chapter. Really honored about what I have achieved. 

A typical day

  A typical day for me would definitely start out with waking up and taking a shower right after, on weekdays. Weekends, I never have a set schedule and whatever I do just depends on my work and errands and commitments. So, I'll be talking about a weekday.

 - I always get a cup of coffee from the Artist's Palette.
 - If I don't have much work, I manage to take a nap once I'm done with classes for the day.
 - Facetime my mom twice a day for sure, otherwise she will go ballistic on me.

Newest Addition: Calling my boy on facetime once a day, at least.

Something that I'd to change: Reduce to talking to my mom to once a day because I'm growing up and still feel like a child to be looked after. It's going to be a hard process for her to understand and eventually accept, but I'm hoping that it will happen. 

My Collarbone part 2

concentrated on shading

My Zine

  My Zine is about the Guerrilla Girls, a feminist activist group revolving around the idea of sexism present in the art world, especially in world renowned museums in New York City, such as the Met, MOMA, and the Guggenheim. The content of the zine has a cover page, hopefully visualising the content or what the reader will get to know inside the zine.

  I've chosen this topic because I'm a feminist and pretty big on it. I feel like I should use art as a platform to create an impact and influence people about social issues. I have the privilege to do that, so I should use it. I was drawn to these lively girls because I had never had the trace of thought about women artists not having the opportunity to exhibit their works easily compared to men. So, I wanted to work upon this topic. 

Inspirational Artist: Henri Matisse

He was one of my influential artists during my IBDP.  I took the characteristics of Fauvism from Portrait of Madame Matisse and made my own self portrait.

Beginning of the Collar Bone Selfie

Young Me

Well, I knew that I wanted to pursue art since I was very young. Nothing really impacted me or not that I can recall of, at a young age that drove me to wanting to become an artist. My mom would save my drawings and kept making stuff everyday, I was highly encouraged to whatever I was doing. I never really thought of any other field as a prospective career path. 

My Fist

Inspirational Artist: Raja Ravi Varma

A very famous artist from the Southern part of India, he was one of the first painters to humanise or give a human form to Hindu deities. He had gained inspiration from the Realistic European style of painting.

Generations

I think that the older generation feels that us millennials are irrational and don't listen. Well, that could be the case for anyone. But, what they don't understand or able to digest is the extreme and deeply embedded patriarchy through out the world. Most of the older generations have grew up without questioning and have accepted the way their lives are and are most comfortable to follow and continue traditions and customs. The thing with our generation is that many of us stand up for ourselves, the craving to be independent. We are now able to pinpoint and open speak our minds about any problem. The older generation can learn that how sexism is something not to accept, especially the elderly women. Also they need to understand that we have access to all sorts of information and resources, we definitely are not stupid and naive, as the previous generation.  

Impromptu drawing

Traditions from Home to University

  A really important habit that I have tried to adhere to is taking my foot wear off once I enter my room. This is a tradition that my family and I practice at home, before entering the house, so that we don't bring in the dirt from outside. Though it is a little difficult following it in a residence hall and my room mates walk around in shoes, I try my best.

  Whenever there is a Hindu festival, I just wear some traditional, casual clothes so that I can connect with my culture on that day. Not that I pray or worship or anything, but it feels good that I'm trying to uphold some customs. 

Second week with Illustrator

I have finally sent my Illustrator project for the Vinyl cutting, so I am yet to see that! Not any major difficulties, just that it was hard to locate and clear extra anchor points and overlapping lines. For that I had to keep zooming in and highlighting ever line, path, and points. 

Funny face of my friend

Inspirational Artist: Amrita Sher Gil

She's an iconic artist of India. Though she was biracial, her connection was with Indian culture. She broke many cultural draw backs through her works, conveying social norms and giving hints about her own sexuality. Sher Gil is known as the Frida Kahlo of India

First week with Illustrator

My week with illustrator was initially a struggle, but slowly I got a hang of it, especially with the anchor points and paths. For my vinyl project, I have already chosen an image, which is one of my high school art pieces. I have started working on it, in terms of clearing off small details and filling in spaces, so that the cut will be clean. 

Detailed Eye

Inspirational Artist: Gustav Klimt

Face merging

  This weekend I know that I had improved on my skills in Photoshop because I had successfully managed to merge my face to the painting "Girl with Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer. I chose that painting because it's one of my favorite paintings and I think the subject is very beautiful.

  I look forward to learn Illustrator next!

My Eye

Inspirational Artist: Kathe Kollwitz

Self Portrait; Lithograph

Photoshop

For two weeks, I have used Photoshop for the first time in my life. It was pretty interesting but also quite difficult to learn, because the skills are intricate and a little complicated. I had experimented and worked with photoshop using a regular mouse and my graphics tablet. I found out that there are some tools which are easier to use with a mouse and some which are easier with the tablet. 

My fingers

Inspirational Artist: Cristina Otero

A young, Spanish self-protrait photographer. She concentrates a lot on emotions and expressions.

MANIAC

http://www.cristinaotero.com/art/

Quotdian Project 2

Quotidian Project 1 (my hand)

*My Quotidian Projects will be based on my practice human anatomy drawings on my graphics tablet, since it's very new to me and I want to get better. Some may be of my own body parts, or some from images that I observe and draw from the internet*

Experiment 1

  Today I have finished watching the Photoshop tutorials on Lynda. They were pretty informative and very interesting to see and learn from. I will start thinking and sketching for ideas regarding my future project.

  Last week, I had tested some of the Photoshop tools on an image of a teddy bear.

BEFORE





AFTER


I tried out with paint, layers, free transform, crop, and a bit of color adjustment. Soon, I'll post something more aesthetically and visually pleasant.

Ice Breaker Questions about Myself

What is your previous computer experience?

In the world of visual arts, I barely have used computers for my works. I'm pretty familiar with the whole Microsoft Office, getting information from the internet, and how to function my computer. I recently bought a Wacom graphics tablet and have been teaching myself how to draw on it by experimentation and watching some tutorials.

What do you hope to get out of this class?

I do not have any set expectations as yet but I am pretty excited about learning Photoshop and Illustrator because they seem so interesting and very new to me.

What is the relationship between computers and visual studies?

Visual Studies is basically the study of the communication, history, philosophy, and contextual significance in Visual Arts. More like the observers and researchers of the background of Art. How does it relate to computers? Well, using a computer is just another medium in Visual Arts, so any art work done with a computer, can come under the technicalities of Visual Studies.

What is your experience with Photoshop and Illustrator?

No experience at all. 

Do you have a computer at home? If so dose it have Photoshop and Illustrator?

Yes I have a laptop and no it does not have those softwares. I just have Corel Painter Essentials. 

Do you have Mac or PC?

I have a Mac. 

Who is your favorite artist?

My favorite artists are Kathe Kollwitz, Gustav Klimt, Cristina Otero, mainly those related to Expressionism

Who is your favorite musician? 

I have a lot of favorite musician's, which differ depending on my mood. Some which come to my mind as of now are Alt-J, Arctic Monkeys, and Zella Day.

Tell me something interesting about yourself?

I have lived in many places in my life and consider myself as a "Third Culture Kid".

Write a five line story?

Let me just talk about where I have lived. I was born in Ohio. Lived in Pattaya, Thailand for a year as a baby. Moved back to Ohio for another 7 years. When I was 9, because of my dad's job, my family and I moved to India, to a city called Pune. I was there for 7 amazing years. When I was 16, I moved to another city in India, which is Hyderabad. We went there since most of my relatives are there. Throughout my school life in India, I went to International Schools and graduated doing the IB.

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