This art piece was the final project in my art class, and we were allowed to freely explore all materials as a culmination of the skills that we had learned.

I used Angelus paints on Converse shoes.

Over the summer of 2022, I became very intrigued by the shapes and colors of the human body.

Around Thanksgiving, after a month of TikTok promoting Blue Lock on my For You Page (thanks to the World Cup), I finally caved in to read the manga.

Inspired by portrait artist Tahlia Stanton, I decided to paint a series of surreal self-portraits.

Stream

I created my piece, to explore the diverse world and forms of fish.

I took the picture that gave me the inspiration for this piece while hiking up Pleasanton Ridge one morning, a day after heavy rains.

My art piece is shows the impact of pollution in the ocean that can endanger the wildlife and ecosystem of the oceans.

I was looking at some ideas and decided to try something new with my lineart and coloring.

In my multimedia class, We were challenged to make traditional Native American in Adobe Illustrator which was the inspiration behind the piece I am submitting.

Just like these two frames, all of us are different in the sense we look different.

I spent weeks on this project and dwindled down my colored pencils to sad lumps.