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For this project in Digital Imaging, we were told to create a vector portrait using Adobe Illustrator. The images above (in-order) show my vector portrait plan with 3 different ideas on how to express my scrambled mind, the first draft of my vector portrait, and the final product of my vector portrait using critique taken from Zoom calls.

Artist Statement for Vector Portrait Plan

The aspect that I plan to show is how my emotions and work style is like a spectrum, sometimes I can work happily and freely but sadness can always occur, and how I can’t pull myself to finish a piece easily. I plan to address my mind and body as a spectrum of emotions and work ethic. The aspect reveals identity about me because I have trouble keeping certain emotions and my mindset stable most of the time, which is similar to how a spectrum is constantly changing in color and view. I plan to use either a set of prismatic colors to express my emotions in my emotion pieces but if I choose to work with my mindset piece, I will use different brush types and sizes in-order to emulate brushes and pencils. The techniques I will use will explore the identity of my mind and body by emulating how my mind can be thinking of multiple tasks at one time, but I can only force myself to do one and also to show how I am constantly conflicted on what to do next. As of right now I plan to work with my third image because it has the most symbolic meaning to me and it’s abstractness, unlike the others which clearly express emotions.

Artist Statement for Vector Portrait Final

The aspect that I chose to show in my image was the idea of busyness in the mind and how my mind is in a constant state of multitasking. Throughout my image, multiple tasks are being worked on, including a pencil sketching, a brush coloring in the hair, an ink pen creating an outline with an eraser pulling away after erasing colors. Behind the main figure that depicts me, there are multiple series of scribbles which are meant to symbolize how my mind is always conflicting with itself to work on something else, with the colors getting darker if the lines were near my head. The main idea of my entire image is to show the conflicts of my mind, different thoughts wanting to complete something else but never finishing a task. The art tools were chosen to show that as an artist I am always working on a different project, but it also shows that I have not developed the full confidence to keep my mind at ease with my work. I chose to depict my hair with multiple colors in order to show that I view it as a strong part of my identity, but also to show that in a way it also is similar to my mind, twisting and turning but never settling. I chose to depict myself wearing a simple striped shirt because I always wear the same shirts, due to me not caring what I wear, each striped but with different color palettes, something constantly joked about amongst my friends and family. The visual approach I am using is a mix of abstract and stylized, I feel that this choice fits with my concept because I feel that expressing myself in my own style allows me to show that this issue pertains to me and isn’t based on anyone else I know while also not revealing the main idea outright. Using the techniques I chose allowed me to easily develop the image and allowed me creative freedom over how I could express my state of mind.