Brooke Nakaerts FMX 210

For my animation project, I wanted to capture the importance of how much media effects perception. The distorted, unrealistic expectations of body types and features seen in the media have negative impacts on young women and men. Cases like bulimia, anorexia, and many other eating disorders are caused by this type of media.  I think its important to remind people that true beauty is individual. That everyone is different and everyone is unique. Nobody looks like the models on the cover of magazines- not even the models- they've been photoshopped to fit unrealistic standards as well. So don't overthink it. Find your true beauty. https://youtu.be/cXSHDgS-vcA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXSHDgS-vcA&feature=youtu.be

This is my Autoscopy project. I channeled my broken heart from a previous relationship where I was in an unhealthy situation where I had been cheated on and told I didn't look good enough. My boyfriend had been cheating on me with a girl who resembled a VS model-so thats what I used in this image. That if only I had looked like her, maybe I would have been good enough for him. (oh well, his loss) The images are shown at 100, 75, 50, 25, and 0% compression.

SOMEWHERE PROJECT - PARIS Considering I have never been to Paris, I wanted to find a picture that matched the scare and light that I needed to make a realistic photo. The two I made depict lighting, shadows, and placement. The most difficult part of this project was the scaling. Being able to capture an image by photo, and match it to an image found online of a place you've never been is quite challenging. I wanted to create two different photos from different positions to allow multiple views of possibilities.

This project involved turning black and white images of ourselves into colored images using color palettes from adobe color. I wanted to choose color palettes that would compliment each other and look good against my skin and hair tones.

These are my two posters. Representing women empowerment- I wanted to create something that stood out and resonates with both women and men. Using pictures of myself, I wanted to capture an emotion that is usually hidden within- and masked on the outside.

My gradient mesh project was one of the most challenging. Being able to get every inch of the original picture replicated to a mesh duplicate was very frustrating. One of the elements that I worked the hardest on was my necklace, my hair, and my clothing strap. Showing the shades in color reflected in the mesh image took time, but turned out well.