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Visuals

 

 

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Project Statement

In this project, I constructed a composition that emphasized a sense of depth through paper layering techniques. Using greyscale cardstock, I visualized the familiar feeling of “insecurity”. I wanted to capture what insecurity can feel like to an individual in a way that is understandable and tragic in a way. Each layer features different hands and faces, meant to represent the greatest symptom of insecurity being that you feel you’re being attacked in a way. As if people are pointing at you and your flaws, reaching out with ill intent.

 

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Process

You can view a detailed project process at Deep Space: Process

 

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Reflection

Overall, I’m happy with the way this turned out. Getting the layers to be spaced out was a bit of a struggle and it took some thinking to ensure that they were spaced out the way I want them to be. I think I could’ve spaced each layer out, even more, to create more shadow and darken the space between them to increase that feeling of depth. Some decisions with this I made very last minute but I think they turned out well. I do realize I should’ve probably explored more with some of the ideas I had. My biggest concern was creating the shapes and all the ways you could do that. For example, the middle hand is formed through 2 layers instead of just one. That is something I wish I explored more mainly cause it can create a really cool effect where you know the shape comes together but it exists between different layers, giving it a feeling of dimension.