tattoo designs

landscape final

spectacle final

For the spectacle i wanted to create an image based off of my italian heritage.  This summer I plan on traveling their to visit my family therefore i was inspired to create a piece that best represents who I am. In addition, I wanted to bring forward a piece of italy most people are not familiar with. When talking about the country very few people know that sicily even exists! And those who do know about sicily automatically assume "the mob." So therefore I am creating a piece to enlighten people about the sicilian culture. 

After working with the holga for the infinite print, i have an interest in layering images. Because I have not been there recently, I chose to use found images of sicily and layer them myself, so that they have a similar look. Lastly, I wanted to include a symbol that best represents sicily. This symbol is known as the Trinacria and is found on the sicilian flag. It was adopted after the war of the sicilian vespers. 

barcelona pictures

landscape

Just recently I traveled to Barcelona, Spain and while I was there I had the opportunity to photograph all the beautiful, unique architecture. I specially enjoyed the intricate detailed buildings by artist Antoni Gaudi. His work is inspired by nature and thus had a very fluid quality to it. Since I've been back I have been working on a poster serious with the images I took. Unlike the original "feel" of the images the posters possess a very graphic and flat quality. I personally like the look of them however after I sitting in and listening to the last digital hype speaker, Michael Hersrud I wanted to reapproach these images to create a landscape. My main goal is to use the images to create a piece that has more depth and perpective. I dont plan on changing the posters I have already created however I do want to bring in some of the graphic elements they possess.

unique object

I have come up with a couple ideas on what i wanted to create for my unique object...the two sketches above were the most resolved ideas. I wanted to focus on the viewer and their experience with the piece. In order to see the infinite print the viewer has to react with the "box." I found this interesting because it really focuses on the experience the viewer has rather then the object itself. therefore my "unique" object isn't exactly about what you see but what you experience.