Final Project

Artist Statement

            It is a big difference between the United States and my country, Hong Kong. This is a good chance to share my feelings about my feelings to people here. So, I picked this topic to talk about how difference between these two countries. I made an art piece with focusing on green color to represent United States. Because I remember when I first came to the United States, everything is green. There are a lot of greens in this environment with very fresh air. I liked it very much at first. But when time goes by, I feel so boring and start having the problem of home sick. I used two weeks to collect all the materials that I need and to represent Hong Kong and the United States for this project.

            For the United States art piece, I put everything green on it. Because I think the environment in The US are very green, fresh and natural. There are many trees and animals around. But the thing that I don’t used to it is I think most of the Americans like to eat fast food like French fries, hamburgers something like that. I also realized Columbus doesn’t have a lot of tall buildings and every unit of houses are not tall at all. So I drew a house, because Hong Kong doesn’t have a lot of houses, and there are just buildings.  For doing this art piece, the hardest thing to do is to find things with green color from the magazines or newspaper.

For the art piece of Hong Kong, I put many slim girls and fashions on it. Because most of the people in Hong Kong are very focus on their shape and their diet method is totally different with the people in the U.S. They would rather not to eat and like doing only one meal a day. They also like to take pills or medicines to keep fit, because most of the people are very busy on working and stuffs. So they don’t have much time to go work out and do exercises. I also put some cell phones on it, because the people in Hong Kong are very focus on their style of cell phones. One thing that I don’t like about Hong Kong is people are too caring about fashion and body shape.  Like the U.S, the can just wear a t-shirt and jeans to go out. I saw some people would wear pajamas for going out too. That’s a very special free style!

            

Process of my final project

I am kind of stress out to think about my final project. I would rather to have a topic to me and asked me what to do on my project. But, this class really making me start to like art, so I expect I must do well on my final project, which made me pop out a lot of thoughts about this project. I wanted to do about the differences of my life in the US and Hong Kong. On the other hand, I want to share my long distance relationship with my boyfriend. Since we just had a little bit of argument because of the long distance problem, so I wanted to make some arts to express my feelings and thinking.

At this moment, I just thought about the topic and I am still thinking what I should do with it. I might want to draw or make some art pieces to share with some people, because I don't really like to work on computers like using photoshop and stuffs from the computer. So, I might be use my own hands to make something out. I've studied art in Hong Kong at school for 2 years, but I stopped for a long long time. This is a chance for me to pick it up and work on my final project. My deadline for me to decide what to do will be on the end of this week. I would update more and edit more about my process of my final project later this week. Hope I could think something new or special.

"Splash" on my pajamas...

I am a girl who can sleep a lot. I can even sleep over 12 hours a day. I always set alarm for myself to go to school, but I have a problem with helping myself to wake up. I always question myself everytime when I am late... "I thought I have set alarm for this morning... how come I couldn't hear the alarm ring?? "

Sometimes I can luckily wake up by hearing the alarm rings to go to my morning class. And then I have another problem again.The problem is when I brush my teeth, I spread the toothpaste on my pajamas a lot!!! That's my problem! Maybe I am still dreaming while brushing my teeth.

SPLASH!!!

Then I realized sometimes I could make a shape of "splash" on my pajamas, and it happens all the time!

Sigh... I guess I have to wash my pajamas again... again... and again...!

I am the "Miss Pinky Pig Hero"

 This is my most favorite cartoon hero when I was 4 years old to 10 years old. I always like something with pink color. Don't think about she must be a very stupid character because she is a pig. Miss Pinky Pig is a very brave hero. She has special power to help people whoever get in trouble or problem in her country. She is actually a normal lady, but whenever she knows about someone needs help, then she will transform to a little pink pig and be a hero and shower her special power to and help people. Althought she is a girl, she is brave enought to help everyone in this world.  

When I was young, I always have a lot of problem with studying. I always fail classes in Hong Kong. I never tried to get a good grade at school. After watching this cartoon, I always think if I could be Miss Pinky Pig, I am surely would want to help myself toput all the notes and the things that I have to memorize for test in my brain, so I don't have to spend time and study much. Sometimes when I go through the libraries, I saw a lot of students got stressed out and frustrated from studying. I can tell they are hard workers, I also would love to give them a big gift and give them power that don't have to study and do the test with full credits. So I chose my project background is the library at the Ohio State University. Then, I am acting as a Miss Pinky Pig. I wanted to help all the students to be a genius and use my special power to tune up their brain and help them with studying. Because I am a student too, ofcourse I would understand the feeling of spending time on studying!

On this project, I used adjusing color to show how special I am with the normal people in the library... Since I am a super hero of them and I am helping them on studying or academic stuffs. So, I put myself in black and white color to show how different I am with other people. I also crop many characteristics of Miss pinky Pig on me, so it would look more trustful to be a Miss Pinky Pig. Hope I can help them on their academic this time!

On my way to my favorite spot at OSU

I know we have to take three pictures in one place with three different angles. Finaly I didn't choose one place and take different angles of it, because I have a lot of feelings about on my way to my most favorite spot at OSU. I am so sorry about that. Every step that I walk near that place, I have a lot of feelings like how I got excited to get to visit my favorite place. And... the final destination is the swimming pool.

I used to swim a lot at the pool in OSU. I really do enjoy swimming. I used to practice a lot with swimming, because I always have to keep my skills and have competition with other schools or friends. I started to swim when I was 5 years old. Swimming is my most important activity that I would love to do in my spare time. But, starting from last two months, I started to work for full time and I also taking 5 classes in this quarter. Because my family need my support for money at this hard moment and I also don't want to see my parents got no energy from working, they are really getting old. This is the reason why I quit and gave up my swimming practice and a lot of stuffs. I work five days a week and I am also studying for 22 credit hours at OSU.

This project really made my day. It's a chance for me to go back to the place that I usually go. Why I finally chose three different places with an object? Because I really do expect a lot when I was walking to the pool. I was holding my favorite goggles and get to the swimming pool. I chose the goggle for my object is because it's my birthday present from my mom. She knows I love pink, so she bought me a pink color goggles at the day before I have a competition. This goggle seems like I expect a lot to go to the swimming pool, because I haven't go to the pool for three months already.

This picture can shows I am running to get into Rpac and I really hope I don't have to walk and jump into the pool, that's why I put the goggles in the Rpac.

This picture shows in fact I still have a long way to walk into Rpac. So I bring my goggles with me to walk this path. The long way to walk into rpac makes me feel like it's better than I don't have time to walk this path. This project gave me a chance to swim, because I got a day off from work with telling the manager that I have to go take pictures to work on my project.

Finally!!! I can use my goggles and spend two hours to swim! I put the goggles in that lane is because this is the only lane that I always use to practice.

This time I wasn't in a rush to do it. I used pink color for my background color, because it's my favorite color. I always used my most important things that I would love to share in my life. For the text, I have chose many bright color, because I want to show how happy I am now. I do enjoy my life with my friends and family. This photoshop project really showed my own personality and mood to viewer. I hope people could understand about me more after viewing this photoshop piece.

Identity and selections

1. My family: I am the only child in my family, so my parents care me a lot with everything. My mom loves to buy things to me like clothes, skin care stuffs or cosmetics something like that. She always think a lady has to know how to decorate herself. And my dad care my health a lot. Everytime when I get sick, he cooks a lot of healthy food for me and hope the food can make me better. He also makes the Chinese soup for me in every single week, because Chinese soup can make people get healthier. So I love my parents a lot. I am working for five days a week and I am a full time student. I do that is also because of them, I didn't want my parents work too much, so I usually give them money every month. Hope it could make their lives go easier.
Description: Appreciation

2. Cook: I enjoy cooking. I cook at home in my spare time a lot. I feel so happy when people telling me that the food that I make is delicious. Chicken wing is the most popular dish that I always make at home. My parents and friends love it too!
Description: Hobby

3. Love: I am having a long distance relationship with my boyfriend. He graduated from the Ohio State University with Accounting degree. I met him at OSU too. But then he decided to go to New York and live with his grandparents in Manhattan, because his grandparents live alone overthere and they are getting older, so they need someone to take care of them. My boyfriend is studying MBA at Fordham University right now. We have been dating for 2 years now. Everything goes smooth and he comes to visit me every 2 months. Long distance relationship makes me understand how to cherish a person that I love.
Description: Cherish

4. My Hometown: Hong Kong is my hometown. This is the only place that I will always miss. I always plan to go back to Hong Kong once I graduate. There are too much things can eat, play, and shop. It is just an amazing place to live. My only hope is to go back to Hong Kong as soon as I can.
Description: Hope

5. Outgoing: I am a very outgoing person. I like to do a lot of activities and sporty things with friends. This is just my personality.
Description: My personality

6. My friends: My friends are very important to me. They support me a lot in everything. Everytime I need a person to comfort me or cheer me, they are always beside me to do so. They laugh with me a lot and even cry with me.
Description: Support

7. Shopping: I do enjoy shopping. I love to decorate myself. I don't care people who beside me think about my wearing, but I care how I look like when I look in the mirror. Shopping can also help me relax.
Description: Beauty

8. Cartoon: Hello Kitty is my most favorite cartoon. Hello kitty is just be with me when I was a baby till now. My whole room is all about Hello kitty too!
Description: Teenage

9. Dessert: I love eating dessert. Everytime when I feel sad, I will go buy a fruit tart from Whole Food Market. Because fruit tart is my most favorite dessert and it's healthy!
Description: Favorite

10. My old home: My old home is called "Chi Fu Fa Yuen". It is near the peak in Hong Kong. I lived here from the age of 3 to 16. I just miss this place a lot.
Description: Memories