Jharia M. Art

  I have created three versions of business cards to have in the future. Out of all three, I personally like the purple business card. I wanted to make my business cards as simple as possible. Although I like the purple card, the blue card appears to be the neatest. I had a great time using my imagination to make these cards. Making these in InDesign made it so much easier, rather than creating them in Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop.

  In this project, it represents how I feel about myself. Throughout my life, I have tried to look like other people in order to be accepted in society. I never accepted my curly hair. As you can see, these flowers represent my curly hair, symbolizing the beauty it holds. I've recently come to realize that my curly afro is beautiful just the way it is. The flowers represent me as a person, because they bloom. I am beautiful no matter how my hair is and I've learned to live by that. The plants overall adds an earthy feeling to this piece. I also added a tiara because I believe that I am worthy of any and everything. I've grown to know my worth. 

  Above are different colors of a tag brush I made. This honestly took so long and was a little hard to do on an iPad. I wish my tag brush was a little bolder, so it wouldn’t be hard to see. I will be sure to make it as visible as possible in my art. For now on I will be putting this on my work. 

This project was really fun to work on. I got to experiment with different colors and change different parts of the picture. I think these colors went well together, going hand and had with the themes. It was fun changing the color of my lipstick on the Adobe Photoshop app. The only negative thing I would have to say is that it's a little difficult using the lasso tool to select an object still.

I have created a self portrait of me, while making a poster in the process. This poster reads “Protect Black Women” because we are not protected enough. Black women are the most disrespected people on the planet. Most people could care less about black women and we are often looked over. In healthcare, a Black woman is way more likely to die from ignored problems than any other woman. I chose to erase my mouth in the poster to show that Black women are often silenced. I think the font was a good choice to show how bold the statement should be. This poster brings awareness to how Black women need to be protected and listened to, because we are dying with no way to be heard.   

       Above I have placed my final logo in different colors. The second picture are the logos that I drew on paper to have ideas in the beginning. Originally, I made the boombox as my logo with footprints to show that I am a dancer. The end result was overall a mess, with too much going on, so I switched it to my final one.     This logo means a lot to me because many people may not know this but it is the chemical compound for serotonin. My main objective in life is to be happy, whether it is dance, giving back, or creating a life for myself. The color purple in the first logo means royalty and I would like to think highly of myself. The second logo contains a sunflower, which is often associated with happiness. Lastly, the third logo looks very elegant and blue associates itself with peace. In order to be happy, you have to have peace.