In creating this image, I wanted to convey the sense of relaxation that can be felt within my campus home during school nights. In order to illustrate this message, I thought it best to take a routine task and turn it into a piece of art; in this case, the act of my roommate Ryan drinking a glass of sweet tea. To capture the images seen within the picture, I used my Galaxy S6 and then proceeded to upload them to the Cloud using Google Drive, where I used Adobe Photoshop to layer bits and pieces of each of the images on top of each other.
As previously mentioned, I wanted to express a sense of relaxation. I used dark colors, mainly browns, in order to give a level of coziness to the image. Furthermore, it was a goal of mine to use connecting lines in order to merge the different pictures into a cohesive whole. Finally, I placed Ryan’s arm holding the cup in multiple positions in order to give a sense of movement to the otherwise motionless picture.
So far, this picture has yet to receive any feedback during critiques, but as soon as I receive them, I will be sure to update both the image and artist statement.