Artist statement
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While developing my flag, I knew I wanted something to do with nature,
but I didn't want to just use a picture of mountains or whatever.
I just knew I wanted something to do with flowers.
For this project, I used layers and brushes, which I already knew how to use but with this project I used brushes to make most of my project. I also did use an image of snowy trees for the white background, so I had to learn how to add an image and change/move it to where I wanted.
The first major problem I had was starting. I didn't know what I wanted to do. I knew most people were going to do an image with the transparent Colorado flag over it, so I didn't want to do that. Another problem I ran into was after I added all the flowers, the white part of the flag seemed basic and it made my poster look unfinished. That's when I decided to add the snowy forest image.
Most of my feedback was telling me to change the image of the snowy forest into something that didn't show the snow path, but I did that on purpose and that is why i chose that image. So I decided to keep the same image
With my flag I'm simply trying to communicate the beauty of Colorado. Colorado's nature is a very beautiful state. Roses were the first thing I came up with when I thought about beautiful nature, so that is why I went with that.
The first major problem I had was starting. I didn't know what I wanted to do. I knew most people were going to do an image with the transparent Colorado flag over it, so I didn't want to do that. Another problem I ran into was after I added all the flowers, the white part of the flag seemed basic and it made my poster look unfinished. That's when I decided to add the snowy forest image.
Most of my feedback was telling me to change the image of the snowy forest into something that didn't show the snow path, but I did that on purpose and that is why i chose that image. So I decided to keep the same image
With my flag I'm simply trying to communicate the beauty of Colorado. Colorado's nature is a very beautiful state. Roses were the first thing I came up with when I thought about beautiful nature, so that is why I went with that.