Good Riddance. Seeing this project is just a reminder of how bat-shit-insane America gets at times. For this project we were given a sheet with five targets printed on it, and we were told to make a “personal, political, or purely graphic statement” in whatever way we saw fit, I noticed that I could butcher up the assignment sheet a bit, and use the top two most for eyes, the middle for a mouth and the bottom for GASP breasts. This assignment was given in the height of the election season, well before it was known what our next four years would look like, and I did the only thing I saw fit in this situation, take the easy shot at Palin. Not too much of the original sheet can be seen through the layers of paint, but I was pleased with how it came out. On my walk from the east side to the west side after class while carrying this, I had two people litterally cheer, and one stopped me to take a photo of my artwork so he could “send it to all his friends”. I was pretty proud of this little art-baby, but looking back now, all I can say is that I am happy it doesn’t still hold the impact it did when the idea that she could be “a heartbeat away from our presidency” was still a legit concern.
Richard saved this image for last during his weekly sideshow and hyped it up before actually showing it. On the back he wrote “One of best in class!” Ego boost! especially since it was right next to the following grade:
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