For my final project, I really wanted to do something using the idea of strawberries. I was really inspired by my previous drawing of strawberry shortcake and wanted to continue that trend. With the help of my fantastic teacher Mr. Sands, we both agreed that I should take a different approach to strawberries, and try and paint with strawberries. Previously, we had watched a video where a man had used french fry grease to paint, so this also inspired me. 

Next, we brainstormed more ideas and things that had to do with strawberries. Eventually, we came up with the idea of John Lennon, because of his song, Strawberry Fields. I started out by blending the strawberries to create a paste that I used as paint. Then, with the projected image on the paper, I painted. The finished product has merit because it was interesting to myself and my classmates, and in addition the aroma of the strawberries caused the artwork to smell great, which is not something a typical painting as to offer. 

The blending in process and the paint paste. (above) 
The day one outline (below)

Working hard to finish/ the end result (above)

For my character remix, I took a character from one of my childhood TV shows, and translated her into my artwork. I  chose strawberry shortcake and turned her into broccoli shortcake. I chose broccoli because unlike strawberries, it is less desirable. In addition, while shading in my character, I chose to focus on using contrasting or opposite colors from the original drawing, so as to create more of a "remix" and emphasize the contrast. This is the original drawing that was printed: 

In contrast with my own drawing of strawberry shortcake: 

In today's society, much of what we know as art has been "stolen" or "copied" at some point. Which brings up the point, which is ok? Stealing is considered taking another artists piece of work and claiming is as your own in it's entirety. Copying, on the other hand, is taking pieces or elements of another's work and translating that through your own work of art. Generally, copying is viewed as more socially acceptable than stealing, due to the fact that it's just taking another's ideas, rather than the whole creation. In my opinion, I think that copying is ok, as long as credit is given when needed, and the original artwork is not copied in entirety.