For our next assignment, we were asked to make another self portrait, but this time based on an art movement of our choice, and write up about it a little.
For this assignment, I chose Pop Art as the art movement that I liked. This piece was created using an actual picture of myself, and some photoediting in Photoshop.
(via theartstory.org)
First of all, Pop Art is an art movement that started in the early 1960s. Pop Art focuses on celebrating commonplace objects and people in everyday life.
Roy Lichtenstein's work
Campbell's Soup Cans, by Andy Warhol
Marilyn Monroe, by Andy Warhol
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I wanted to incorporate this painting of flowers by Andy Warhol into my piece.
Researching on colour schemes, taking note of the use of bright and vibrant colours
Deciding colour schemes with the help of colourschemedesigner.com
I chose Pop Art as the art movement that I liked mainly because of the visual aspect of it. I've always liked Andy Warhol's art, his "Marilyn Monroe" piece in particular, and I wanted to see what it would be like if I were to recreate a piece of work using that as inspiration.
The most difficult part of this assignment for me was deciding which colours to use. I experimented with many different colour schemes before choosing this one. If you noticed, the top left square has the same colours as the bottom right square, only that the placement of colours are different. Same goes for the top right and bottom left square too.
I think Pop Art expresses a bit about the type of design I like too, which is "simple but effective". The 1960s in general is a great source of inspiration for me. Also, bright colours are something I'm not used to, but wish to incorporate in my work. Colours and colour schemes have always been a struggle for me, so this assignment made me learn a bit more about different colour schemes, such as complimentaries, triads, tetrads, and analogous. This self portrait represents the many facets of me and my strive to go out of my comfort zone to learn more.
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