Alternate Version

I made a visual representation of myself that is completely immersed in African culture. This would be the reason why I have a book of African history, the kinara ( candleholder ) with the candles, as well as the crown since we derived from kings and queens.I want to communicate that I didn’t forget about my african history or lineage and that’s why i drew some prominent themes.The tools that I used was a pencil to sketch the drawing, a eraser to remove mistakes, micron pens to outline the whole drawing & color pencils and markers to color the rest of my drawing. I don’t think this really relate to any of my previous work because I never did work on that represented the  African culture before and that’s the reason why I did this. So when I was creating this, I  thought it was unique because I was working on something that I had information on and then I decided to make an alternative version of myself, indulging in African culture and holidays because I actually appreciated and respected them. That’s when everything went well for me because everything flowed from me sketching the drawing to coloring it,so my process was really simple and easy.

I didn’t have an artist that had inspired me to draw this piece and I really didn’t search the internet for ideas. I just knew what I wanted to draw, so I drew it. The only technique that i liked was adding texture to the hair for the drawing because once I colored over it, it made the hair look better to me. I didn’t really learn any new technique because I didn’t do anything different. I’m proud of the end result of the project because it looks really good to me and it just pops and stands out from the rest so I really like it. I actually don’t think I would change anything about this because i really just love the image as a whole, so i don’t want to change it at all.In conclusion, I learned that i still have a passion for African culture even though it had been years since I last indulged in this kind of things.