I made my project because I wanted to make a “weird-looking” not “normal” project. It’s based on Alice in Wonderland because the movies and book also have a “weird” whimsical-like style. My artwork is intended to make you feel curious and slightly concerned. I used dark tentacles coming out of a brooding dark, cracked portal and reaching to the lighter, odd - looking shapes to install a sense of unease as to what is happening and what will happen next. I related this to Alice in wonderland since the Jabberwocky has a dark, tentacle like body and everywhere it goes people become frightened because of the destruction it causes.
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"The Portal"
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"Enamorandose"
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I made my piece about a story my grandma told me - the story of how she and my grandpa fell in love, they would sneak around leaving each other notes under a rock by the river. They would do this because back then young adults and teens could not see each other or be very close unsupervised until marriage. I was debating on whether to paint this part of their story, the part where my grandma's father finds out, or maybe when they run off together and get married, eventually having 10 kids.
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