Project 1 | Self-portrait

14.04.2020 / Ending date
Mohamed Hammam Chebel (0342483) /B'des Creative media (hons)
Design principles
Taylor's university lakeside campus
Project 1 | Self-portrait

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Project 1 rationale (for feedback)

I never thought of making a self-portrait, I think i'll take this chance and do something new...

1-As a design student I see myself now as an artist. I can do some artwork; but I’m still a beginner, I’m still learning and exploring more about art in general.

-First proposal:

 I'm thinking about drawing my portrait (face) and make it look ugly or looks like its drawn by an amateur or a child, I think this will explain my feelings about myself, I make a lot of mistakes every day, I’m not perfect!. I’m an amateur and I’ll always be because I won't stop discovering new things. I’ll always be incomplete.

2- what people think of me and what I really am?

I'm an open-minded person, I love life I like details and enjoying small stuff. People sometimes think I am too open minded that they see me as a sinner or an outlaw, and sometimes they see me as a peaceful person who is loyal to his society and beliefs, a person who is ordinary, useless.

For me I sometimes imagine myself breaking every law, enjoying life, being in control, fearless and careless. 

-Second proposal:

I will be drawing a portrait of myself as the joker from the famous movie " joker". because I think it will be the rebellious version of me.

3- sometimes I think who am I? what am I? who owns my body? My brain my soul? who is in charge. all organs function to keep me alive, who is me? maybe I'm just an Idea or nothingness. An infinite empty space. Maybe a memory, or maybe I'm being controlled by higher consciousness creatures.

- third proposal:  

I imagine myself as a noisy face my head is full of Ideas, I’m lost I’m not me at this moment, so I have no identity I don’t know who I am?

 I’m thinking of drawing my face using scribbling technique I call It “chaos”.

I will use Photoshop to draw my self-portrait.

Reference and inspiration

After I reviewed the project brief and the recorded lecture. I logged in to my pinterest account and browsed for some artists work to see how can I express myself into a portrait.

I found out some works that represents my Ideas stated above.

Fig 1.1

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/45/85/a6/4585a635a94de83ae58a9b833ddb791a.jpg

Fig 1.2

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/5d/45/36/5d4536a9e9e7d639067999f913cb3586.jpg

Fig1.3

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a7/3c/37/a73c37941dcbe95e4650e62c6988ca21.jpg

Fig 1.4

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a7/3c/37/a73c37941dcbe95e4650e62c6988ca21.jpg

Fig 1.5

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/fc/b3/e1/fcb3e1718172f7d259cfafaa8346a42a.jpg

Fig 1.6

sketches 

Feedback 

Try to make a portrait containing the three ideas together, if it is not working just stick to one idea. 

After I tried several methods to do my self-portrait, I ended up deciding to draw myself as the joker.

I used Photoshop to draw my portrait.

REFERENCE

Fig 1.7

Heath | Joker 

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e9/cc/4c/e9cc4c73dd17dd36d1797eb61e2c948a.jpg

Self-portrait rationale

just be yourself

 I respect everyone, I LOVE everybody, I literally help anyone who's in need for my help! All people are equal to me. There is no higher class, no one is better then anyone! and anyone can be anything, you just have to work hard for your goals. This is my way of seeing the world.

Yet I always face people who judge me and critic my thoughts and personal beliefs, it's annoying how I respect everyone but most of them don't! I decided to not care anymore. I'm still the open minded and peaceful person I always been, but I'll live for myself. ill be myself, what I want not what my family or society wants, call me an outlaw, call me rebellious. I will try to be the best I can, and keep moving forward, I don't have to follow your stupid rules and old traditions! 

I call this work JOKER

Joker was my inspiration, because i think everyone is a psychopath in his own way, we are a complicated creatures. we will never understand each other truly, so we just have to live with this, and respect each other.

FINAL WORK

Fig 1.8 

Self-portrait

Final

Feedback 

Hi Hammam, below is my feedback for your self-portrait: Research & Idea exploration: You started by breaking down into the various aspects of yourself – a good point to start with – and then proceeded to study self-portraits that resonate the kind of effects you would like to express in your own self-portrait. There is some exploration of your own ideas as well. Final design outcome: The final design reflects the person you describe in the rationale. Colour wise, it is quite suitable to the message – dark-ish with a soft background. Perhaps should have more focus to the face (more closed up) and at eye level. The design principles of balance, contrast and emphasis are found here, indicative that you have applied what you had learnt in the past few weeks into your project.