(work in progress)
The Title of this project is….
A social aspect I want to explore is how each of our identities are also built up from the friends we choose to keep around. I want my audience to see these people how I see them, through a lens that only I could really understand because it’s mine. My perception of somebody is made up from all the experiences and memories I carry of them. A mask of a drawing I made specifically for them. I don’t want my audience to assume or make judgement of who they might be, but what I value in my friends.
I will get inspirations from looking at cartoons, a style that might match them as a person, a lot of them have things called shape language. Shape language tells a lot about a person, if they’re boxy and strong, or round and sweet. I also want to make sure the person has interesting texture or visual aspect. I want my subject to pose but not stiff. Another part of my vision is black and white coloring, to hopefully make the face pop out more. To add texture and visual effect, I want it to look like a scrapbook. With stickers or written statements from me, to make (fake) annotations like I’m writing a letter to them. Something I hope to get to is to print the photos on actual photo like frames and replicate making a photo book.