Sustained Investigation Questions

                                                          Sustained Investigation Statement

My sustained investigation was “How do cartoons express emotion, and how can I use pictures to make an exaggeration of feelings?”

 The idea of my investigation was to use cartoons to exaggerate and explore the elements of human emotions. The first project was about the expressions of fear. For that piece, I wanted to explore different phobias. I wanted to portray the four characters as their own fears. The second piece was about anger and being frustrated at one’s self. The image was a figure surrounded by shadows that represented their inner thoughts. I’m not too proud of the piece, it’s not my best work. My third piece was a representation of being mentally tired, the feeling of being pressured and anxiety. So, the picture was of a figure of a person sweating and looking exhausted, to show how a person would look when they are mentally drained. The fourth piece is about the feeling of peace and relaxation. One of my more positive pieces. I used a light pastel-like color scheme with the main focus of a silhouette of a woman meditating in nature.