This disorder is very fun for me to experiment with because there is such unique ways I could communicate this. It took a lot of deliberation, but after collaborating with my peers, I realized a very different way in portraying this. Narcissistic people really love themselves! Making and inkblot on one paper, i'll then use another piece of paper and transition the same inkblot on that one to make it symmetrical and reflect it. Within that there will also be purple watercolor worked in, because purple is a color of power.
Though, I did attempt this and it did not go so well so I had to start over. Not realizing that when I try to "stamp" the second paper on, it would smoosh it all and just create a large blob. Didn't work out so well so I solved the problem by pressing lighter and it would all work out.
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Though cutting is not an official disorder, it has been in the process of being included as a suicidal disorder in the DSM5. The immediate thing that came to mind was a ripping up a paper with slashes. Not necessarily an original idea, though communicating the serious issue of self harm and acknowledging the fact that it should be a considered disorder.
The colors I intend to use is red, black, green, yellow, and blue. Red and black symbolizing the blood and pain, yellow and green symbolizing the release, and blue then symbolizing the sadness. These colors will go in that order to see the different stages a cutter goes through when they cut. This to me would mean taking a risk using such colors, hoping they can communicate the story behind it. This disorder is going to be a very dark piece. I probably know the most about this disorder in the sense that it runs in my family and I know many who deal with it. I want to use my global awareness and create a piece that really portrays all I see the disorder being.
Also, I would like to take some risks with this one, using a lot of ink wash and keep it very minimalistic. That is a tricky thing to do because I'm nervous it'll be too minimal and not get the point across. My plan to begin is to go off my best sketch and almost kind of wing it, letting my feelings take over a little bit. I am going to begin my ADHD piece as I have sketches in the works as well as my research done. I want to use colors I haven't yet, such as bright greens because when I think energetic, I want to communicate that with the color green.
I have also collaborated with a great friend I know that was diagnosed with ADHD since she was a child. She had helped me to describe what I want to put onto watercolor paper. I want to use minimal ink wash and try to work with a sense of motion, because people with ADHD are a lot of the time all over the place. General Anxiety Disorder is one of the most commonly know and experienced disorders people have. Because of that, I went searching for people I know to figured out their thoughts and feelings when having anxiety. Communicating through my work the real symptoms people go though. I also did some web searching, reading real peoples feelings when having an attack or the pressures of living with anxiety.
As I am trying to be creative and get some really great feedback from my peers and work with that. I will do it in a 10x10 square, making it like a trapped feeling. Also doing a rope-like shape wrapping around each edge making it feel tight and uncomfortable. I am very excited to get this one started because I have much more experience with this disorder. I gained inspiration from Alex Powers, "The Grandfather." I really enjoyed the dark shades against the red accents within it. Someone with PTSD my occur because of someone who was in war or a traumatic experience. Red to me relates to blood. And oddly enough I kinda want to portray that color within my art piece as well, in order to replicate a trauma.
Being my fifth project and starting to get a feel for my style, I am able to create my own works set aside from others with my own skills. I'm choosing to take risks as I move along by changing up my overall attitude and presence when going into a new project. It is also very difficult not knowing anyone with PTSD, a very hard cognitive disorder that gives people negative thoughts and ideas within everyday life. I always do my research for ea h disorder and this one has been tricky, though I am excited to tackle it. Dissociative Identity disorder, or multiple personality disorder, is going to be quite challenging. Though I had taken inspiration from Thomas Sionnach. In this piece it is going to be difficult to give non objective qualities to personalities that I am planning on incorporating. I do know however, I want there to be an inferred person and within that be many others. A happy girl, angry man, etc.
With all of my pieces I like to continuously reflect on the research and knowledge I have of the disorder to bring it to life as best I can. D.I.D might be a little more obvious than the others, but still using the same qualities I used from previous ones. I may even begin to add colleges to some of my works. I may even add it to all of them later on, hoping it gives it a unified look. I think this disorder is going to be really fun for me to accomplish because it has always been the most interesting to me. I found inspiration from Neil Houghton. I want to create an organic face as he did and use the space around it as a "mind bubble", using imagery to create the thoughts and feelings of a schizophrenic. To create different focal points and tell a story of that person with my original ideas.
I will most definitely be expanding my art skills because now that I've gotten started, I can learn the techniques of non objective work because I have never done them before. I am collaborating with my teacher about ways to incorporate the different art elements and principles to help me along the way. Throughout all my works I want to always portray and communicate these disorders. I have high hopes that this project will really speak out a true schizophrenia's mind. Though my OCD disorder has a way to go, I decided after looking at my original crayon idea. I took advice from my peers and teacher and wanted to make my pieces more cohesive (my original problem). I sat down and reflected on it and I am choosing to now make my concentration works all nonobjective, which is really out of my comfort zone because I do not usually do that. I am also planning on taking off the left side because it looks too much like a book so I am planning on cutting that off with the matte board (second photo).
Throughout the project, I really decided to do it the way it made sense to me. In the beginning I was very focused on how others interpreted my work, though for the remainder of my projects I want to focus more on how I perceive the disorders and want to express them. The center shows sort of a noticeable staircase. Also you might notice many of the lines do not finish. The lines, even though they are straight, do not finish and may become a little triggering for someone with OCD. The stairs are there because stairs are very symmetrical. They are always all the same. It is also something that could be counted, something people with OCD tend to do. As well as the symmetrical lines on the top and bottom of the piece. I also wanted to keep it simple and somewhat structured because that is a quality of someone with OCD. My art concentration being psychological disorders, I decided to start with bipolar disorder. I wanted to communicate the feelings of different depression and mania episodes a bipolar person goes through. My inspiration was an objective painting, in order to portray those different emotions. In my reference photo, it almost looked like words worked into the painting. I decided to work off that idea and use "mania" and " depression" to show the moods of bipolar.
I also wanted to create some original art because a typical "bipolar art example" would be portraits of happy/sad and clear depictions of the disorder. I wanted to have a sense of originality and not do anything that has been see too much, and make it an objective piece. In doing that, I used the knowledge I had of the disorder to create something I thought would explain all there is to it. |
BIOGRAPHY
Art has always been a nich of mine. My favorite mediums a pencil sketch and watercolor. As well as being mediocre at art, I am a dancer, who loves to be creative through body movement. Enjoy scrolling my page as I learn and grow as an artist. |