The following image represents a book with Andy Warhol’s representation.
The following image shows the Photoshop workspace for the creation of the above image.
The image I selected to represent me is a stack of books. The book is similar to me that I like to spread messages visually instead of orally. Although I can consider myself as an introvert, I believe that I need to spread my ideas and knowledge to the community, which people usually see it done by speakers. Books can be written anonymously by having a pseudonym, which is interesting since I can ‘work behind the stage’ without having to be significantly popular in the real world. The stack of books with various sizes shows that messages can be spread in different ways because some people prefer long writings while some people prefer images. I am currently exploring both ways to see which I am more suitable, whether visuals or writings.
In popular culture, physical books have lower popularity than digital readings such as social media, which can be accessed via smartphones. However, there are currently lots of movement to encourage reading books because social media only allows short readings, which has less advantages on brain activities than books. Some people, especially ‘book worms’ may connect to books as a source of knowledge, while other people may connect more to smartphones. Moreover, some people may also prefer ebooks (such as using Amazon Kindle) because they do not need to bring the large books. The connection of other people really depends on their own interests since people are changing towards social media because of short-time readings, while at the same time wanting to retain the culture of reading book because of its advantages.
The image created follows Andy Warhol’s idea of popular culture that is similar for both high and low-class community. Books can be popular for people of all class since books can be borrowed from the library if someone is not capable of buying it. Books are considered important for everyone to alleviate life quality. Andy Warhol shows multiple images of the same object in one art using prints to show that those objects are the same although have slightly different colors and positions. This idea is to bridge the gap between lower class and higher class community, which may impact them positively. He was also interested in using machines in artmaking. Using Photoshop in creating images, this tradition is further enhanced by using automations in editing artworks. The access to this technology changed the way I create images that I am able to express ideas through multiple images combined together instead of trying hard to combine them physically.