Final Design Project- 12th April 2013

I started off with the idea based on the teddy bear. i knew clearly what i wanted to portray in my  painting, using the concepts based on the emotion of a Rape Victim

Hence I went ahead and coloured the teddy bear using a light grey (low on capacity) as i wanted to create a transparency setting on top of the background. 

The reason as to why i chose to use a stoney brick wall is because i felt it portrays a sense of isolation.

Later I filled in the wordings inside the teddy bear using the brush tool, making sure the capacity of the colour was low, as i wanted to create the transparent effect.

I used five main colours (Blue, Black, Red, Green and Indigo) to outline the teddy bear as well as to write the wordings inside. 

I then increased the length of the bear in order to give emphasis to the words written inside it.

Thereafter i placed a 'cut out' question mark to using 'perspective in some areas i was able to create a sense of balance in the drawing.

I then picked out only a few emotions that i thought would fit in appropriately with the context of my chosen topic. here again i wanted to create the transparency effect on the letters.

The Final Art Piece

Artist's Statement

The social media issue i chose as my topic  is Rape. The reason i chose this topic is to  understand the emotional pain the rape victim goes through and how it is a social media issue in today's world. A perfect example of this would be the recent gang rape in  India, where the world is still voicing its anger and disgust in this case. I am was mainly interested in creating a connection between the emotional aspects of a rape victims reality and the media today. I used the idea of the basic drawing of the teddy bear after reading an article about how children come to terms with reality after being sexually abused/raped. The various emotions used in my paintings are the most common emotions that any rape victim would face or have to deal with. ( Helpless, Isolation, Anger, Confusion, Pain and Fear). The use of question marks as mentioned above was again used to signify that the woman is questioning herself and the media of the various emotions she has to face in her life (reality). The wordings inside the teddy bear depict the cruel nature undergone by a rape victim. for example; bruises, hand touching body, cuts, crying, tape etc All these can be see as factors that prolong in the course of a person who is being sexually abused/ raped. I also wanted  to create an approach through this painting to pass on a message to society.