In the era of selfies, this digital art project poses a question: What is portraiture in the digital age? Consider the history of portraiture, especially self-portraits by artists, and how the era is reflected in the style of the portrait.
STEP 1: Start a collection of images, all original… photos, drawings, designs created by you… to be in your personal MOSAIC project imagebank. These should be portraits, selfies of YOU by you. They can also be designs or drawings that represent your creative work, tools you use, colors, visual textures that are strong representations of your personality as a creative artist. No images can be borrowed or appropriated, these are all original images by you.
SEE IN CLASS: Mosaic Project Intro Slideshow / Low-rez
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jrock2/mosaic_project_intro_lowrezLinks to an external site.
Look at these: https://mymodernmet.com/famous-self-portraits/ (Links to an external site.)
Find more diverse examples of artists working in mixed-media with portraiture and mosaic ideas here:
https://www.antiracistartteachers.org/artists/medium-and-technique (Links to an external site.)
ART 2016 Mosaic Project : Create a self-portrait that reflects your own identity as an artist in this contemporary age. Your portrait must also engage the concept of mosaic in digital media and should be assembled from multiple pieces that together form the whole. Allow the divisions between these pieces to play an active role in the image dynamics of the portrait. As tiled images these should reflect the multiplicity and fragmentation of personal identity in the digital age. Consider mixing traditional techniques (drawing, painting, etc) with digital techniques. Employ art principles to strengthen image unity (color, line, texture, etc). Assemble a dynamic image that contains both unity and surprise. Work at appropriate image resolution for quality output. Plan ahead for a final work at large scale (at least 24 inches in both directions… so the final print can be: 24″x24″ or 24″x36″ or …) Assemble mixed-media to highest quality final craft.