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Prometheus Bound: Reimagining Myth in a Modern World
Hey 👋🏾 wonderful beautiful souls:💓💛💓 This assignment was based on the Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound the story of a titan punished for giving humanity fire. But instead of recreating the ancient scene, I made it modern. I placed Prometheus in a contemporary environment, a long city street, a building stretching into perspective, a dark sky, a fallen figure, a crow watching over the moment. Prometheus isn’t just a character from ancient Greece. He’s a symbol of anyone who sacrifices, anyone who rebels for the greater good, anyone who pays a price for helping others. Making the piece modern forced me to think differently: What does punishment look like now? What does rebellion look like now? What does sacrifice look like now? This assignment wasn’t just about illustrating a myth it was about translating meaning across time. Working on this piece taught me: A single image can hold an entire myth without saying a word. The posture, the tension, the environment, all of Every element becomes part of the message, especially in a modern setting. Ancient stories still mirror modern struggles. You’re not just drawing; you’re interpreting meaning across eras. Myth hits differently when you place it in a world people recognize. But here’s the part that matters most now: Back then, I ended the piece in darkness a fallen figure, a crow, a lonely street. Now, as a more evolved being, I would redo this piece and end it with a positive memory to reflect on. Because growth changes how you tell stories. Healing changes how you see endings. Wisdom changes what you choose to highlight. If I recreated this today, I’d still honor the struggle but I’d also honor the rise, the resilience, the light, the lesson, the rebirth. Because Prometheus didn’t stay bound forever. This piece taught me that art grows as you grow and sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is revisit an old story with a new heart.
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Happy Motivational Monday
What Motivates you the most ? Here are some inspirational quotes “Art is not a thing; it is a way.” ~Elbert Hubbard “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” ~Pablo Picasso “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ~Leonardo da Vinci
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Geometric Pattern: Learning Rhythm Through Shape
Heyyyy my BEAUTIFUL SOULSSS ✨️🙌🏾 DESIGN 101 This work of art comes from my early design training, the assignment where I had to create a full pattern using only squares, rectangles, and triangles. ✒️No shading. ✒️No realism. ✒️No characters. ✒️Just pure shape, repetition, and structure. It was one of those assignments that teaches how shapes interact, how direction creates movement, how repetition builds rhythm. This was the moment I learned that design isn’t always about subject matter. Sometimes it’s about the architecture underneath the idea. FUN FACT: I was in college for Architecture and minoring in Interior Design Working on this taught me: 🍥Precision is a skill = Clean lines and symmetry take patience, not luck. 🖋 🍥Order can be beautiful = Creativity expands when you learn how to control structure. 🖋 🍥Relationships in design = Shapes talk to each other; your job is to make the conversation flow. 🖋 🍥Rhythm through repetition = Repetition isn’t boring, it’s movement, pattern, and intention. 🖋 🍥Foundation before freedom = Mastering the basics is what gives you the freedom to break rules later. 🖋 This piece reminded me that even the “simple” assignments carry depth. They sharpen your eye, your discipline, and your ability to create meaning without relying on detail. It was quiet work, but foundational. The kind of assignment that stays with you long after the semester ends. THESE ARE IMAGES, IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING MY GEOMETRIC DESIGN HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY BEAUTIFUL SOULSSS 😍 🤩!!
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Reflections on My Art in College
💛🫶🏾 HEY BEAUTIFUL SOULSSS 😍 🤩 I wanted to share with you guys my days in college AND indulge in my love for art and what it taught me about myself In college I had an assignment where we had to take three completely different images and blend them into one piece. I picked the Grand Canyon or Sedona can't remember , a tiger from the zoo, and a cat in an alley… three things that had absolutely nothing to do with each other and I made them work together lol. At the time I wasn’t thinking about style. I wasn’t thinking about labels. I wasn’t trying to “be” anything. I was just creating from instinct, trusting my imagination, trusting my eye, and letting the images come together however they wanted to. Then critique day came. One of my classmates looked at my piece and said: “You remind me of a surrealist artist.” I smiled with confusion on my face and told him, “I have no clue what that even is,” and he laughed and said he really liked it and was blown away that I even thought to combine those three things into one image. he then told me, “Go look into surrealism.” So I went home and did exactly that. And suddenly everything made sense. The way I mix worlds. The way I blend realities. The way my imagination naturally pulls things together that don’t “belong." That moment taught me: ✨️ Your style finds you, Your gift will reveal itself even when you’re not looking for it. ✨️Instinct is guidance, the things you do naturally are usually the things you’re meant to lean into. ✨️ People reflect your truth to YOU, Sometimes someone else names your greatness before you’re ready to claim it. I hit another turning point, its figure drawing now and I'm a sophomore. If you’ve ever taken a figure‑drawing class, you know it’s different. It forces you to slow down. To really see. To pay attention to every curve, every shadow, every shift in weight. This was one of the first times I drew the human body from life. A nude woman. the back, the muscles, the posture. And when I finished, I had this moment like:
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Hello Beautiful Art Community
I Hope everyone is doing good! Sorry I have been absent from the community. Been working through a lot of things and had a few things that came up that has been consuming a lot of my time. Been in the art studio creating the last few days! It always feels good to get back into my creative flow. How are you doing? Have you made any Art recently? I would love to see it!!! Happy Fantastic Fabulous Friday 🎊✨️👏💖💖💖
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