DECONSTUCTION 2: Unraveling Identity
Reflection:
I really like this piece because of its simplicity. I tend to always strive to fill in every inch of my canvas or paper with color so, in this piece, I tried to take a risk by leaving many areas unpainted and bright white. Its composition I also find to be abstract enough to be interesting yet real enough to let you identify with it. It is a rendering of my actual fingerprint, strung together in a continuous thread. Clearly, at the bottom right it is unrevealing into a tangled mass of chaos. This is meant to symbolize a personal identity that is coming under attack from an external force. I left this external force ambiguous to let my piece apply to anyone who felt that their identity was under similar attack. I hoped that people would identify and connect with my piece because of its theme. This piece is created using pencil, highlighter, Sharpe, watercolor and fine liner. I think that the use of many different mediums gives texture to their piece which is complemented by its triatic color scheme. I chose this color scheme because it looks glaring but also fits together. I started off by just drawing my fingerprint then tracing over it in fine liner. Then I painted in the spaces in between the lines with red and blue paint. The red fades from the left to the right and the blue fades from the right to the left. I did this because I wanted the opposing colors to represent the contradictions within ourselves. I then went over my fingerprint with other mediums in a far less precise way to signify the messiness and chaos in ourselves. Furthermore, I made the knot that my fingerprint is unraveling into seem messy and ugly in comparison to the central flowing image. Over all, I am extremely happy with this piece because of its complicated message and theme yet simple composition. Its colors are glaring yet pleasing and its use of white space, I think, only enhances the crisp, clear nature of the image.
I really like this piece because of its simplicity. I tend to always strive to fill in every inch of my canvas or paper with color so, in this piece, I tried to take a risk by leaving many areas unpainted and bright white. Its composition I also find to be abstract enough to be interesting yet real enough to let you identify with it. It is a rendering of my actual fingerprint, strung together in a continuous thread. Clearly, at the bottom right it is unrevealing into a tangled mass of chaos. This is meant to symbolize a personal identity that is coming under attack from an external force. I left this external force ambiguous to let my piece apply to anyone who felt that their identity was under similar attack. I hoped that people would identify and connect with my piece because of its theme. This piece is created using pencil, highlighter, Sharpe, watercolor and fine liner. I think that the use of many different mediums gives texture to their piece which is complemented by its triatic color scheme. I chose this color scheme because it looks glaring but also fits together. I started off by just drawing my fingerprint then tracing over it in fine liner. Then I painted in the spaces in between the lines with red and blue paint. The red fades from the left to the right and the blue fades from the right to the left. I did this because I wanted the opposing colors to represent the contradictions within ourselves. I then went over my fingerprint with other mediums in a far less precise way to signify the messiness and chaos in ourselves. Furthermore, I made the knot that my fingerprint is unraveling into seem messy and ugly in comparison to the central flowing image. Over all, I am extremely happy with this piece because of its complicated message and theme yet simple composition. Its colors are glaring yet pleasing and its use of white space, I think, only enhances the crisp, clear nature of the image.