Print Series

I was able to use all 7 words in my first print of the series. I focused on the time period of World War II and utilized my words to fabricate a surreal environment that displaces the viewer from the scene at hand. I constructed a collage element to create an image of WWII. I decided to use hand-drawn objects as a censor tool to cover up gruesome parts of war. The concept behind my series was to desensitize history through the use of cats; a quirky sugarcoated fantasy as if the war was envisioned by a child.

I continued with the theme of WWII in my next two prints. Instead of the photoshop aesthetic collage, I tried to focus more on using a specific photo from the scene and adding only a few elements cut-out and drawn. I felt the images were less cluttered and more conceptually engaging to the viewer. The hand-drawn cats on tracing paper became the bombs or the imprisoned jewish rather than simply and object to cover it up.

The series is posted below in the order of development to see the progress evolved as one print moves to the next.