MoonChild2020

Photoshop can be used for good or evil. In the fashion industry, for example, can manipulate a model to the point where they no longer look human. This can lead to people in the real world trying to look like what they see in the media to the point of making themselves sick. But Photoshop can be used for good, such as in the art world. Photoshop has become just as common use of art medium as painting and drawing, that now collage students, such as myself, take it as a class for course credits. I personally agree with the argument that the media uses Photoshop too much, but I love using it as a way of creating art to get rid of it entirely. In the photo above, I cropped out my mom, took away my puppy's leash and gave him a ball, and played around with the lighting and color in the background.   

No one  really knows what the nature of dreams is. Sometimes they can reveal what is in your subconscious, or sometimes it's just random things you saw on T.V. that day. Dreams can act as memories this way, because you can see something you saw only for a second in the real world in a dream latter that night. Memories, on the other hand, can be like a dream because you only remember it in flashing images; one particular thing, but not the whole event. I believe when we have dreams about random stuff that we see throughout the day, it's just a coincidence, and shouldn't be taken too literally or thought twice about. I made this image, Walking in a Dream , with the idea that sometimes in a dream, you don't fully see everything going on, you just know the basic idea of what is happening around you.   

I chose Puzzled by David Barneda because I love the imaginative quality of the work and its simple illustration. It looks like it came from a children's book, and since I have thought about a career of book illustrator,  this piece really appeals to me. Barneda is a children's book illustrator, and has a studio in Los Angeles. He has won many awards for his work, including the Society of Illustrators of New York and American Illustration Tribute. He would be a good person to study if you are thinking of going into the children's illustration field, and you can find more of his work here:  https://www.barneda.com/