My Personality in Pictures

Our task was to create 6 boxes to reflect ourselves. I chose the theme of 'split' because I have quite a split personality. The box above is 'obsessive' to convey that I get obsessed quite easily with people. I have censored out the eyes because the obsessions change frequently. Below is 'What We Don't See'. This box conveys what meets the eye can be very different to the reality. The thriving big city life is very appealing to people and is a perfect lifestyle, but some people aren't as lucky and are left homeless down ally ways and areas unseen to the uninterrupted city life. The left picture is a picture I took in waterloo of people going to work and going about their daily duties, the picture on the right is of a homeless man.

I then wanted to incorporate my name into one box so I combined my surname Eastwell with my love of travelling to different continents. Therefore I got a picture of an old map and placed a compass over it to convey my love for adventure as well as my own name.

In the forth box, I wanted to show more of my personality so I split two pictures of a woman crying and a woman smiling and then joined them in the centre. Again, this idea was to portray my split personality and sometimes I don't convey how I really feel, and my appearance is different to what I'm thinking. I did something similar in the fifth box using pictures of New York City in day and night and how the same place can look so different.

I wanted to carry on with the split theme in this box, and black and white are my favourite colours although they're not technically colours, so the two ideas contrast each other. I also like the simplicity of the design.

This was the first box I made to begin the theme of 'split'. This was an artists work, in a hotel called 'Art Hotel Au Viex Panier'. I liked how one side is completely covered in graffiti and mess and the other side is pure white, split but one perfectly straight line in the centre. In a way I think it conveys the brain and how one side is creative and the other is more academic. This also shows my creative side and how it is part of my personality. 

I displayed each of the boxes (I ended up making 7) on sheets of paper which I taped together which made it foldable. I arranged them so they would appear balanced. In the last square I simply wrote my own name in scribbly writing to show my messy side and how there is mess in order. I also drew over the face to make it look more cartoon-like.

I enjoyed this task very much because it was challenging because it was more difficult than I thought to be able to convey my own personality through pictures and one word. I think my result is quite successful and I am happy with it.