SW11

=The Fight Within (Working Title)= Please watch in video in 1080p + headphones on + full screen media type="custom" key="21068218" align="center"

This piece is a merging/connecting link between my art and filmmaking passion. It is a representation of what is going on in my head at this time in my life. It portrays emotion, thoughts, and feelings about a stage in my life. It displays cloud-like abstract explosions with mayan hieroglyphics used to get part of my message across in a decipherable form using mayan logograms and syllabograms.
 * Description: **

I was influenced mainly by artist Gavin Worth, who teaches at my school and is an established artist. I was influenced by his cross-hatching technique and comic book-style drawing. I tried incorporating his technique into my drawing of my body. I was also heavily influenced by the mayan culture. I researched, and studied their language and art so I could use it in my artwork. I used 2 Ultra-fine sharpie pens for mayan logograms/pen designs. 2 PRIMA ball point pens for cross-hatching my body. Watercolor for all the color and clouds. Liquid frisket(masking paint) for blocking watercolor from certain areas. During the process/development of this piece I took a lot of advice from my mother on the abstract clouds, and mayan hieroglypghics at the top, as well as cross-hatching technique advice from my teacher Mrs.King, and Mr.Gavin Worth. I think a weakness would be that the dreamy figures on top needed a little more contrast, and color to make the piece pop. I think the powerful aspects of this piece are the mayan hieroglyphics, masking paint techniques, cross-hatching technique, and abstract clouds. In addition to the patterns/dots/lines. I think I was able to establish a good link between the mayan hieroglyphics and the patterns/dots/lines since they are aspects of mayan logograms and syllabograms. I could develop this piece into further mayan inspired artworks that relate to my life or simply just a mayan connection from this artwork to the next.
 * Analysis: **
 * What were the artistic and/or cultural influences for this project? Who/what influenced either the composition and/or the style. **
 * What materials/media/processes did you use and or experiment with, and how? **
 * How do you think you have responded to advice and criticism during this project (and during the term), both from fellow students and the teacher. Did you actively seek advice? If so, was it useful? **
 * Clearly explain the weaknesses/areas for improvement - **
 * Clearly explain the strengths of the piece – **
 * What could you take through to the next project and develop further? This could be anything, from a technique to an idea, not neccessarily just the theme. **

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