For my aboriginal I tried to incorporate many different symbols that all tied together to create who I am. In the center I have the main symbol, or the focal piece, which is people gathered around a table. These people are my family. There are 7 people in my family and I represented each of us as the corresponding gender. In between each person is the sign for gemini, which is my star sign. The table, or the very center of the piece, shows the constellation for gemini. It has the night sky shown with swirls and darker blues and purples. Along the sides are other symbols. The blue and yellow swirls are to symbolize air. Gemini’s are air signs and I feel like this connects to my patient and easy flowing nature. There is also a snake along one side as I love animals and my family actually has a pet snake and I think nature is very interesting. Lastly, there are clouds scattered around to represent air but also to show my love of the sky and the importance of trials in my life.
I created this piece first by brainstorming and gathering inspiration from online. THere are so many different ways one can approach the aboriginal so I wanted to see lots of ideas before I started. Then I chose black as my background, researched my star sign, and identified which symbols I wanted to emphasize. Then I sketched out the rough layout in grey. On top of that I began to draw dots and shapes in order to create the symbols and images. I ran into trouble as I added color. My colors were in separate quadrants and my project seemed structured and controlled. I solved this problem by expanding the colors and adding the same color on the opposite side so there was less divide and no dominant color. If I could do anything differently I think I would have started by putting in a muted pattern of dots or swirls in the background and then put the symbols on top so that there was less negative black space.
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