Self-Portrature!

"Everyone's a little narcissistic," Ms. Adams said. "Being able to take pictures of yourself in privacy allows you to do it without inhibitions. Each person takes better pictures of themselves than anyone else can because they know their own bodies, they know their own minds."
I love what she says here and I think that you taking your own pictures is a really good way to express yourself and I to think that you are the only one that can take a picture of yourself and have it flatter what you want and exclude what you don't.
Unfortunately I think that this is setting a bad trend, mostly with teenage girls, that pose in revealing clothing and have everything hangout just to try and attract Johnny Football Captain who happens to be the guy of her dreams. I used to see a lot of people taking these kind of pictures and posting them and I was like, "What are you trying to say? What happened to leaving some for their imagination?" I have no problem with people taking self portraits of them self like in the bathroom mirror with the camera clearly visible (and the star burst of the flash), but I just think that people take these and don't think about the consequences of having these things in cyberspace...once it's there you can never get it out.
I don't know if Facebook and other various networking sites are making it better or worse. I just think that the younger generation needs a lesson in "posting pics on the web and what it could do..." Those pictures that you post on the web about that slammin' under aged party you went to could cost you a job or you could loose a job that way. It's not uncommon to have a job look you up at Facebook in their background check anymore so everyone needs to be careful about what they post and only get attention for the right reasons not the way you look in that pic you took in your bathroom in your bikini.

My Inspirations

My inspiration happens to be a lot of things, but I think the most inspiring is music. Some of my favorite bands that I listen to while completing pieces are H.I.M., My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Nirvana, and Slayer. Yes, I listen to Slayer while doing something that is calming. I also like to look at their album art work. Usually that inspires me also. I like to look at some of the intricate designs and while listening to the music, try to decipher why they chose the colors of the flaming sun or why the heart-a-gram is black.
Most of the time this sparks something in my brain and when the gears start rolling there is no stopping my thought process.
Another one of my inspirations is the show L.A. Ink. I have from a very small age been very fascinated with tattoos. I love how permanent they are and all the stories that they share. That's why I want to be a tattoo artist. I think of a tattoo as a walking art exhibit and self expression. I feel that society is becoming more accepting of this type of art and unfortunately alot of people are starting to get tattoos now; which goes against everything I believe in, but I will have my own individuality and I hope that I design each and everyone of the tattoo's I will receive in the future.

Here is a music video of H.I.M.'s single Killing Loneliness:

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I think the list of the pieces that they recommend are good. With having a variety of pieces, it shows how well I am as an artist as a whole.

I feel the easiest pieces to include would be a self portrait. I only say that because when I define a self portrait it is not only a piece of you, but who you are, how you feel, and all the little things that make you...you.

The hardest of the list would be a still life or an environment/landscape. I feel that those are the hardest because they require you to draw where you are and what you see, not from a picture or what you think the item or landscape should look like. Even figure drawing would be difficult with drawing proportions and making the piece be of photo quality.

Nothing in the list was too surprising. I really figured that those would be typical pieces that most colleges would want to see in your portfolio because of the difficulty that they each share. If you can create a composition from one of those and have them be absolutely outstanding plus having each and everyone of them show your growth as an artist; then those pieces truly show your artistic abilities. Not to mention that you could show the world how great you are as an artist.