To start off, I used my original pencil drawing and inverted it so that you dont see me, you see blackness with superficial elements, such as blocks from the grid and pencil markings to bring out my profile. This project was about doing a self portrait, and the angle I decided to take is: What is it about you that defines you to others? Is it you-your core, or is it those superficial elements, such as what you wear or what surrounds you that defines you?
In sketchup I pushed and pulled the blocks and surrounding elements that were responsible for defining my profile. I pushed them down rather than pulling them up-to remove them. This would so to speak " reveal" the profile. What happens when you take away surrounding elements from the person you are viewing? Do you see them better?
Returning to the theme of blackness, I once again inverted. Some of the shapes were made transparent. This was to show that people can hide behind an image, and behind their surroundings, But they can't hide from who they are. Thus they land up having some transparent feautures that gives part of them away.
Are you what you see, or what you don't see?
