Expression

This artwork, created in Adobe Illustrator represents me as a person. The shades of blue in the gradient represent how I am usually a relaxed person, but can sometimes be very energetic, or very deep and philosophical. The purple words, such as "creative", "compassionate", and "Texan" also define me in not only in the literal sense, but also in the way they are arranged. The things that people notice most about me or I associate my self are easier to see. For example, the word "artistic" describes me very well as I have been teaching myself stylistic-realism and photo-realism for about a year now and love to draw. However, not many people know this about me, so the word is in a deeper purple that is hard to see against the dark blue of the background. Many of the words are rotated ninety degrees to draw the I downward, toward my face and name Also, all of the words that define me best are far away from my picture, to express how what people see about me, and what's actually there, are separate.In addition, the negative space between the words and my face serve to draw attention to the most important part of the piece. Finally, my name is next to my face, illustrating and identifying the picture as a an extension of myself