For my inner-self portrait, I chose
to represent myself, or my soul, with the silhouette of a figure of a figure
hanging from a tree. She is reaching
out, as if to grab some of the melting moonlight in the distance. This represents how I sometimes want to grab
at success or happiness, but often feel like it’s too far away. The tree branch she is hanging from is also
rather thin, and weak. It looks as if it
might drop the hanging figure into the black waters bellow, which symbolize,
fear, doubt, and hopelessness. The
letters visible, but not legible as words in the background also show how the
figure is trying to ‘read’ her future, but can’t because the words are
unclear. During the process of making
this piece, I experimented a lot with different photoshop tools, including
layers, selections, digital painting, adjustments and photo filters. It was often challenging to use tools I was
not previously familiar with. Although I
really enjoyed learning and playing with digital painting and using different
brush tools. Even though this technique
was used in only a small section of my portrait, I still found it extremely
useful in helping me achieve the desired effect.
-Hannah Barber
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