Jasmine Mercado-Cruz
Painting
Teacher: Marjorie. Brown
Idea: How does holding onto past relationships affect our growth? One sided yearning, death, & holding on.
Materials: Acrylic Paint
Process: Photographed friends embracing in longing pain. Added skeletal overlay & flowers to symbolize death.
Jennyfer Lopez
Painting
Teacher: Marjorie Brown
Idea: Male model wearing makeup and embracing glammed feeling with in himself, the gems show his inner aura expressed within.
Materials: Acrylic Paint & Gems
Process: Took a photo of a friend, then painted and experimented by adding gems to the background.
Jennyfer Lopez
Drawing
Teacher: Marjorie Brown & Patrick Garcia
Idea: The bird represents my cultural background. Pride and confidence of who I am and where I come from.
Materials: Ink, paper
Process: Experimented w/ various color inks and added construction paper to the background for complementary contrast to set a mood.
Jennyfer Lopez
Painting
Teacher: Marjorie Brown
Idea: Rolling around in dream like utopia. Warm hues to represent joyous mood and connection with mother earth.
Materials: Prismacolors, Artificial Flowers, White Gel Pen
Process: Photography, triple exposure in Photoshop, illustrated in Prismacolor and experimented the background texture.
Jasmine Mercado-Cruz
Painting
Teacher: Marjorie Brown
Idea: Friends support each other in trying times. Recovering from hardships, taping them back together, building community & love.
Materials: Acrylic Paint
Process: Sketched composition, arranged models, took photos from various angles. Sketch & painted final details.
Sarah Akhras
2D Mixed Media
Teacher: Marjorie Brown
Idea: Represented accepting and being at peace with circumstances in one’s life despite hardships.
Materials: Marker, prismacolor, watercolor, soft pastel, oil pastel
Process: Experimented with marker and watercolor, drew dynamic poses, & added oil pastel for chaotic feeling.
Sophia Holbrook
2D Mixed Media
Teacher: Marjorie Brown
Idea: Taking the time to do the things that you love can give you a sense of happiness and youthfulness.
Materials: Paper, Markers, Paint, Soap, Water, Prismacolors
Process: Drew with both hands, soap and water to create texture, photographed model, prismacolor on separate paper and collaged.
Melody Mekdad
Drawing
Teacher: Marjorie Brown & Patrick Garcia
Idea: Palestine’s hardship in war. Crow representing power of change, community connection, death and misfortune.
Materials: Ink, color pencil
Process: Layered color pencil then red, blue and black pens with different line weights.
Melody Mekdad
Drawing
Teacher: Marjorie Brown
Idea: Connection to nature, growing with whats around you. Taking care of beauty of the planet, admiring nature. Inner healing.
Materials: Prismacolors
Process: Photographed model, illustrated using contrast, saturation, and color. Experimented on black paper.
Ryan Zazueta
Photography
Teacher: Marjorie Brown
Idea: I wanted this picture to display the feeling of hurdling the challenges of the school year.
Materials: Camera, wide angle lens
Process: I layed on the ground and photographed models. I used a high shutter speed to freeze the action.
Ryan Zazueta
Photography
Teacher: Marjorie Brown
Idea: The desperate faceless man represents the lower class and how they're belittled by the privileged.
Materials: Camera, Telephoto lens, Adobe Lightroom
Process: I photographed an interesting model on the ground using my telephoto lens and adjusted the lighting.
Kevin Chen
Photography
Teacher: Marjorie Brown
Idea: Taking in the peaceful quiet moments. Embracing the calm beauty of the night sky.
Materials: Camera
Process: Waited for the night sky to creep in to find the contrast of dark and light in the skyline.
Sarah Akhras
2D Mixed Media
Teacher: Marjorie Brown & Patrick Garcia
Idea: Symbolized acceptance of changes in one’s environment and willingness to adapt in order to thrive.
Materials: Ballpoint pen, colored pencil, soft pastel
Process: Illustrated image of Syrian Woodpecker with ballpoint pen and added vibrant background for contrast.
Sophia Holbrook
Drawing
Teacher: Marjorie Brown & Patrick Garcia
Idea: Mental outlets create a safe mental space for peace and serenity amidst the chaos of one’s life.
Materials: Red ink, Blue ink, Black ink
Process: Collaged pictures from internet, base with red pen, shadows with blue pen, added depth with black pen.
Kaylaa Huynh
2D Mixed Media
Teacher: Marjorie Brown
Idea: Multiple personalities that work or clash with each other and form the essence of one's personality.
Materials: Markers, Graphite, Prismacolor, Thread, Glue, Watercolor
Process: Freeform marker line art and reforming into artistic elements relating to SI; experimental elements
Julia Valenzuela
Photography
Teacher: Marjorie Brown
Idea: Capturing the hope and optimism of a young girl enjoying this magical moment in time. She is radiating pure joy.
Materials: Photography, Photosho
Process: Photographed child and added a double photograph overlay and adjusted light saturation.
Gabby Rodela
2D
Teacher: Marjorie Brown
Idea: I wanted to convey a mix of emotions with the use of patterns and colors. The surrounding illustrations all represent characters made by the main figure.
Materials: Digital (Procreate)
Process: Self portrait, digitally illustrated and added background graphics by creating patterns and other figures.
Javana Gutierrez
3D Design
Teacher: Ivan Huertero
Idea: Based on the show Bee and Puppycat. I used soft colors to portray a comforting feeling.
Materials: Reed, tape, transfer paper, and acrylic paint.
Process: Sculpture incorporates reed, tape and paper mache to give form and texture.
Brooke Woods
3D Design
Teacher: Ivan Huertero
Idea: To create a sculpture that represents all of my pitbulls from my hometown Fresno.
Materials: Reed, paper mache, tape, and paint
Process: Sculpture was assembled using reed and tape, while maintain scale and symmetry.
Ronaldo Garcia
3D Design
Teacher: Ivan Huertero
Idea: A skull that represents my creativity while maintaining the traditional folk art style.
Materials: Newspaper, tape, cardboard joint-compound, paint, clay, and tissue paper.
Process: Made from various materials to create a symmetrical, and colorful skull.