Assignment 1: "Untitled" (Final)

"Untitled"

Assignment 1

I began this piece by uploading 25 pictures of places and things I interact with on a daily basis.  I placed them in separate layers according to their importance or relevance to my every day life.  Then I began to alter each photo's opacity and fill along with the use of layer masks to create a landscape, in which I portray a very vital part of who I am.  Being a Capricorn, I am bound to earthy ideas and actions which keep me in what some would consider a grounded reality.  This is why I chose to create a landscape that is somewhat generic, but original to the relevance to myself.  

My composition is intended to make the viewer feel at ease, but also confused or inquisitive.  The ease is portrayed by the sheer captivation of the landscape, and the confusion and inquisitiveness is represented by the fog separating the viewer from some of the visual aspects of the work that they may be able to see otherwise.  The piece also portrays who I am, who I want to be, and parts of me I'm working to improve, which in totality shows my pride, my struggle for self-improvement, and my final goal of who I want to become.  This goal is to be the best I can be while being flexible to others and my surroundings, while attaining true happiness within myself and my environment.

               -Robert Ervin