Logann

I picked this picture because it caught my eye. It was just very elegant and seemed to be fairly easy. I also liked that I did not have to try and make a face. That probably would of really frustrate me. I started out with the background, making the light part. Then I did all the light parts of the girl. Next I started making the dress, with all the different reds and slowly added the green to make the dark spots. After the dress I made the hair. Then lastly I finished the dark part of the background. I had a hard time with finding the right color for all of it but I came fairly close in the long run with all the colors. I think separating the arm from the background was hard, because I wanted the color to stay skin color. Another part that was hard was making parts dark. Like in the dress and the background. Those two thing flustered me and I must of reworked parts of it at least three times. In the long run though I found a color and look that worked for me and it turned out fine. For the most part I am happy with it. You can tell what the figure looks like and the colors are not far off. I would though like to change how I blended the background and how dark I made certain spots in the dress. I think I might change and blend the background better. I wouldn’t change the picture I picked though because it did turn out fairly well.  For my social issue I chose Verbal Abuse. I had a hard time at first picking an issue because I don’t always just pick a side to things or feel for a lot of things emotionally, but I finally found an issue. I picked this topic because I know a few people who are close to me that are or were verbally abused. I wanted to show people that it really does hurt. This topic just hit a little close to home. The journey that I took to get to my finished project was fairly tough. I decided that I wanted black and red words or at least red on it but I also wanted a black background. Then I came up with the conclusion to have dark grey background and black and red letters. Another obstacle I had to over come was how to get my point a crossed that it was bad. I finally came up with a thought bubble and the words “STOP!” because I felt people would get that I was against it. These are just a few problems I faced. I believe that this piece will persuade my audience to at least stop and think the next time they go to yell at someone. I think that writing stop in paint is not working because it’s not centered and missing an exclamation point. I would have changed the way I did the background. I feel I could have stuck more emotions into it. Along with maybe fill out the empty grey spaces; but then that might be too much. Who knows?