Quarter 2 Benchmark

I created this work to focus more on the background. I always focus on the centerpiece and never put enough dedication to the background. I thought this would be a perfect chance to be able to do such things.While creating this work, I wanted people to understand some of the things that can associate with a person without the actual face. I feel like I wanted the background to speak for itself without the help of the centerpiece for once. I will honestly admit that some people could be confused if they don’t understand the character or seen the show, so I would say it’s the clearest communication for the viewers. However, for people who do recognize the show, then they will understand. I think I achieved ( well as far as I know) blending the colors well together as well as bring das detailed as possible for the background.It relates only in terms of it having an Anime theme, but it’s still different as in how I colored it. In terms of contemporary art, I would use the image of Kay Bradner artwork called Crew of Four  because we did very similar things. For both of are images, we wanted the background to talk for itself rather than the people in it.  The background for both can also has color that is can attract the viewer due to vibrant/soothing colors. ( https://www.artsy.net/artwork/kay-bradner-crew-of-four )

Before actually making my artwork, I had searched for a character to draw and I made sure to practice on drawing the image, especially since I was drawing it on a much smaller space than I’m used to( as in size). The I took my time to draw my sketch on the canvas and I colored that part in black for the silhouette. Afterwards, I colored in the background and started to create pieces that that would represent the character and I kept going until I was satisfied. I wouldn’t really say that my work reflects the world that we live in, but in my own life it does. The reason why is because it represents a show that I really enjoy as well as a character that I enjoy a lot. The character is a person who knows what he wants and works hard for his goals and struggles to make himself better in the future, which is something that I see as important.My artwork can’t really make a big impact on the world in any way and I purposely didn’t make it for that reason. I made this work to influence to simply do better in everything, including my skills in art now. I believe that blending in a drawing is important to do especially when you are using different colors and you want the image to almost seem realistic in a way. I feel like if you can blend the colors together, it gives such a great look to the artwork when you do so.I don’t believe that there‘s something in particular that new that I experienced for this project and I sticked to things that I know well and trusted myself with. The only thing new was the strong focus on the background more than the center image.

Overall, I believe that this project that I created was enjoyable to do and I feel as though this project was more so made to be relaxing. I didn’t create something that was going to be difficult for me to do, but moreso something to just home into  basic art skills which I found soothing. I also created art that would moreso relate to me and understood by few, while other might have a difficult time to understand it, which I think is completely fine. I'll probably say that this isn’t my best work, but I believe that it’s still good art. However, I do know next time, I will truly challenge myself to do something better and hope for it to better than my previous artwork.

Links of references below

http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Renji_Abarai_vs._Byakuya_Kuchiki

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CherryBlossoms