Grade: Senior
Materials: Firealpaca, Watercolor and Pen brush
Dimensions: 1000 x 1250
Description:
Artist Statement: I created this piece with the intention of conveying queer love. Using my art to convey identities and emotion through positioning and how queer love can oftentimes feel desperate and like a struggle to be open with in a society that is oftentimes uncaring. I made this piece by using the program Firealpaca, and the brushes watercolor for the line art and the brush pen for the coloring. My artistic process is typically composed of a starting sketch or concept of the piece, I then create a secondary layer and clean up the sketch, then I duplicate the line art layer and color the secondary layer with a tinged yellow color. After completing the line art I was typically inspired to create this piece because of my own experiences with relationships, along with music by the songwriter Mitski, and her album “Bury me at Makeout Creek”. Her love songs in that album conveyed the same type of emotion that I wanted my art to along with her song “Nobody” from her album Be the Cowboy. I love doing digital artwork and specifically working with digital cartooning, because it helps me feel as though my pieces are coming to life, and helps me create pieces that make me feel I’m getting closer to my dream. As mentioned before the piece was shaped by queer love, and specifically my experiences being a trans queer teen and how that’s impacted my relationships with others, including romantic relationships. Being able to use imagery from both Greek mythology and Christianity along with nature, are aspects from my own life that have influenced my personal view of relationships, along with what makes a good love story. The tragedy of greek mythology but also the transformative nature of it allows me to connect to my work, and share my feelings about how queer love can be influenced by outer societal pressures. Along with how that outside pressure can result in a negative perception of oneself and the relationship, constantly fearing that outside force will pull you apart from the one you love.
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