Title: Here I Am
Fall 2018
This work is a matching tank top and skirt with screen printed Hawaiian flowers, each created by two layers, one solid color and one half-toned color of a darker shade to create dimension. The other element in this design is a self-portrait that was scanned and half toned to help try and match the rest of the layers. This is a very vulnerable project about what it feels like to have to “sell yourself” and how uncomfortable that can be. It’s like posting a selfie online but instead it is being worn around where I have to face the people who interact with it in person, and by eliminating the screen element it forces me to be even more vulnerable. I often feel uncomfortable when posting images of myself online or even posting self-portraits online because of the judgement that may come along with it. Almost as if I should feel bad about feeling good about myself or something that I have done. I am often worried that people will think that I am full of myself if I do these things too often, or god forbid wear a whole outfit with my face plastered all over it.