what does it mean to be human?

Humanity.

by definition: Humanity is the human race, which includes everyone on Earth. It’s also a word for the qualities that make us human, such as the ability to love and have compassion, be creative, and not be a robot or alien. ... When people ask for money to help feed starving children, they’re appealing to your sense of humanity.

What does it mean to be human? (2019) [a4 digital print] Final.

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Materials & process:

Adobe Photoshop

• Noise

• select & mask

• distort tools

• text distortion

• general photo editing.

• shape tools

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Influence & inspiration:

- in response to brief:

key words/phrases in relation to my own interests and themes:

the human form - anatomy, shape, form, biology.

fashion design & Art - colour, size, marketing.

print work - design, structure, material.

psychology - colour psychology, memetics, identity, the relationship between art, fashion and the human brain.

woodwork - sculpture, fabrics & fibres, metal work.

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future development:

A combination of the human form, fashion and contemporary art. I will be exploring the links between them and creating a body of work that evaluates and challenges humanity and the question: what does it mean to be human?

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To be noted:

All images used within designs are sourced from free image sites such as unsplash, or are photographed by myself using my Sony a77

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Sources & research:

the surreal body: fetish and fashion

Wood, Ghislaine

published 2007

School of art library

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