Assignment 6 - Collage

 Oh gosh... what a tough one this was. 

So, before this week, I had never - I SAID NEVER!!!!! - done a collage before. I had never even done a dream board, or even hand written dreams down before. So, when it came to this week's assignment, I had no clue how to start, even after almost a whole week of looking up several collage artists and many many illustrations...

Needless to say, but Sunday, I was mentally exhausted.

So I kept going back to some of the examples our professor gave us and one of them caught my eye. 

Kara Walker.

I saw her collages were simple, elegant, mystical, and creative. Simple Silhouettes. So I somewhat based my portrait collage off of her design.

I started by finding some scrapbooking paper, a scalpel, and printed off several silhouettes that caught my eye. 

After that I used photoshop to place images where I wanted them...

Then I cut them out...

Then, I touched up some of the discoloration...

And, finally glued it together...

Title: Me - Steampunk Edition

Size: 12" x 12"

Medium: Scrapbook paper, printer paper, Ink, Metal, Elmer's Rubber Cement

Meaning: The center image is supposed to represent me walking forward in life. The Raven on the left represents Wisdom and Knowledge, the Raven on the Right represents Freedom. The Key on the left represents my Faith, with the three circles entwined representing the Trinity. The Key on the Right represents my Love for others. The Profile with Gears on the left represents me constantly thinking too hard. The Profile on the Right represents my mind going to places that are much happier for me in my imagination.  The gears all around continue the idea that my mind is always thinking and that I can't turn it off. 

Hope ya'll enjoyed!