here, I tried to give the illusion that my mom was behind me. my mom has passed away (about 10 years ago) and she is a big reason of why i am who i am. she was the inspiration for this sketch.
here, i wrote my name over and over again to make shapes and lines. this is not my favorite sketches of the two. i did this one second and was really stuck on the idea of my first sketch and was distracted by the thoughts of what i could add to that one.
final sketch inspiration
i am proud and happy to say i spent a lot of time on this project. i quite honestly did not think that i would ever find myself enjoying sitting down to do any art this semester, but this project excited me. the more work i put into it, the more excited i got to see what i could really do. i hope it's easy to understand what i'm trying to portray in my work, but i will start by showing my model pictures for this project.
i stood in front of a mirror (like i wanted to portray the angle i was going for on my drawing) and snapped a photo of my side profile. many, many ended up deleted, but this is the angle i ended up liking the most.
i absolutely love this picture of my mother. it is one of the last i have of us together, but she looks so beautiful and happy here. i used this for my inspiration because this is the woman i remember when i think of her.
the final product!
this project meant a lot to me. i am a big reflection of my mom (who is in the mirror). she was a florist (symbolized by the rose) and i would consider her to be my guardian angel (angel wings and halo hanging on the shelf. overall, i spent many hours working on this and i really enjoyed it!