ROBnarciso'sSELFportraits

For this part of the project I scanned my image into my computer and then proceeded to photocopy my face to have multiple images. During the photo copying process i took advantage of the brightening and darkening that the photocopy machine provides for me. This was kinda like my ode to Andy Warhol. By repeatedly copying the image it transforms into something else completely. The brightness and darkness are supposed to represent the different moods i can go through.  
This is a cast of my face. The great people at LAB helped me with this. I had made a plaster cast and noticed this other material being used by somebody else in the class. and asked her if i could use it. I wanted to use this material because it is the same process that hockey helmets are made out of (too much discovery channel) and i felt that it was fitting. Its kinda like the wall i put up, the wall that keeps me from getting hurt, the wall i wear as a mask. 
This portrait was just a study of my face. I have already done straight line drawings of my face in other classes and i wanted to try and draw with paint. It is not exactly me but it kind of represents how i feel on certain days. not complete and blending in (the face isn't complete) 
This is face print (like a finger print but a face print) I painted my face and then used the cloth to take it off and the surface area of my face is left over on the cloth. Overall i think they are successful. they aren't exactly how i look. Some are more distorted then others. but this goes along the lines of how i feel. (i know, i am repeating that theme) but some look angry while others like calm. Also they look like the Rorchach inkblot test which is all about subjectivity and can be interpreted however the audience may feel. which is kind of like life, just walking down the sidewalk, the interaction of people and how their moods can influence you. 
The last one i am going to post is of a bridge clearance sign. I wanted one of my portraits to somehow incorporate my height. (this is usually the first thing people notice, so i guess it is an important part of me) I also liked this because it can represent the fact that i can connect people or on the other hand it can represent that i don't allow that many people in (my wall again) (if this was an actual bridge sign not many cars would be able to pass through it) 

There was also a song that i included with self portraits that nobody listened to. This song included different parts of songs (most classic rock) that i thought represented me. The song parts were then laid over each other in no particular order. All that was important was the lyrics that was song. This represents how much music is apart of me and how i can see my self in my songs that i sing.