Midterm Self-Portrait

midterm 1 project (3)-2026vs2

I was really in to how open-ended this assignment was. It gave me a lot of free reign over what to do without having to meet constricting guidelines.  I started the project thinking I’ll just throw some pictures together that show what I like. I ran with that idea for a little but as I started to delve into the process I decided to show the two different sides of myself. I arranged the picture systematically. On the left is a picture of Naruto, my favorite anime, along with myself untouched. This is the easily observed side of me. This is what most people will see at first glance. Its not uncommon that people will catch me watching Naruto, or anime of some kind. A lot of people ask me why I watch that “stuff” in the first place, thats where the second of part of the image comes into play. To the right was my attempt to show my intrinsic and analytical side . The picture of myself divided by puzzle pieces show that different characteristics fit together to make up who I am. I used the gear head image to show not only my engineering like mind but also to show how I analyze the show/many shows in a different way. This is true for everyone. We all perceive things a different way, this just happens to be mine. The background of the wrestling room was dimmed and darkened as a statement to show that yes wresting is a big part of my life, but there is more to me than just being a wrestler. I warped both the Naruto and gear head image to the outer circle of the wrestling mat to make it seem like they were looking in on me. Like I said before, I added a gradient puzzle to the right picture of myself. I had to use the marching ants tool on each picture in order to get rid of their backgrounds.