Katelyn

I choose this artwork by Donald Zohan because I liked the colors in the background and the little boy fishing. The colors are bright and worked well with each other and stick out, instead of using dull colors. This is a very colorful picture and I like fishing, so that is why I choose this picture.

The process of this picture took a while. The hardest part was trying to get the boy's legs to look like skin. His right leg had a shadow on it, so it was hard to make it look like the original picture.

I am very happy with how this picture turned out. It was a difficult picture, but I think it turned out good, and I'm happy with the finished look. This was a fun assignment and I'm glad that I got then chance to re-draw Donald Zohan's picture.

The social issue that I chose for this project was Epidermolysis Bullosa. The reason I chose this subject was because a close family member of mine passed away with this disease. She was only six weeks old, and she had a severe case of EB. She was diagnosed with Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa. I chose this subject to not only learn more about this subject, but to also inform readers that saw this project.

The journey that I took for this process was rough. I could not get my background to look the way that I wanted it too. EB is such an emotional issue, and I just could not get my emotional side out while doing this project. Some problems that I encountered while doing this project were that my clay figure didn’t have the “look” that I wanted it to have. I wanted the little boy to look like he had scabs and blisters on his arms, but It didn’t quite turn out like that. Certain decisions that I had to make were how I wanted my background to look and how I was going to put my boy and background together.

Yes, I do believe that my piece is successful in persuading my audience to my point of view. When you look at my poster, you hopefully should feel your emotional side coming out. When you see the picture of Aubrey, you should feel heartache and sadness. What if that was your baby with EB? What if that was your child who passed away at only 6 weeks?

If I had a chance to do this project over again, I would not do anything differently. I have knowledge on this subject and it connects emotionally to me. I wouldn’t have wanted to pick any other social issue. Maybe, I would have taken more time on this project and not crammed everything in on the end, but I would not change anything else.

The social issue being portrayed by this artist is not smoking. In this picture, there is a picture of half of a person’s body. One half of the body of the person smoking and they have skin. The other half is of the back of the head and the body is skeleton.

Also, in this picture, it portrays that smoking is pollution in the air. The pollution is ruining our air and is it causing black skies and dead trees. People around this person smoking do not like it, and people are dying from this smoke.