Keywords

art, artist, digital, painting, digital painting, photography, manipulated photography, cute, cuteness, beauty, caricature, quaint, quaintness, vintage, mfa, fine art, fine arts, illustration, mannerist, mannerism, symmetry, golden ration, kawaii, krutt, pedagogy, jocose, transmogrification, color, quintessential, character, characteristics, physiognomy, proportions, proportion, infant, idiosyncrasy, idiosyncrasies, idiosyncratic, relationships, norms, facial, face, features, innocence, vulnerability, empowering, empower, cartoon, cartooning, anime, manga

Abstract

Upbringing and psychological make-up inspire individual norms for beauty and cuteness. The mannerist approach in my work is a product of the figural liberties found in cartooning, illustration and art history. By altering facial and bodily features, I relate the proportions of an infant to cuteness and innocence. However, I tailor the photographs to empower the subjects all the while mirroring trends in contemporary pop culture. I'm interested in themes of everyday life, vitality and emotion placed in obscure, imaginary or exaggerated venues. I fictionalize subjects of my reality to compel viewers to identify with and fancy emotions, circumstances, moods and relationships. The intent is to amplify, yet be truer to their existence and idiosyncrasies through figural adaptations.

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Graduation Date

2009

Advisor

Poindexter, Carla

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

College

College of Arts and Humanities

Department

Art

Degree Program

Studio Art and the Computer

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0002538

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002538

Language

English

Release Date

May 2009

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

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