Text Sketch

The project I am now working on consists of translating text into image. The text I received explained an oil painting of a man with a stern, cold look on his face. He is half naked, and constructed with a limited color pallet. I have decided to recreate this piece in an acrylic painting.
To start off, I looked through many photos online of men so I could study their poses and facial features. Realizing the best way to create my own meaning, I then used a male model to pose for me (i.e. my boyfriend). I took many pictures of him in attempt to capture the essence of the painting. I feel the pictures turned out well, but I am still sketching to try to portray exactly what I want. I seem to be having trouble finding the meaning to "gloomy" which I wish to express in the eyes; hopefully, it will come to mind soon.

attempt #2: success

Having started over, I decided to make myself into a human carnival game. To do this I used water bottles as the target for the ball (or bottle caps in this case) to be tossed into. I cut the bottles in three different sizes and spray painted them accordingly. Then I arranged them around my waste in correspondence to level of difficulty. I gave a backboard to help the player, and then stated the rules on a board, which hung on my back. For the prizes I used different amounts of goldfish, playing off the idea of winning a live goldfish at the carnival.
The point of the extension was to make not necessarily a physical extension, but to also be an extension of my ability to interact with others around me. It was funny to watch my classmates play to interact with my project, but winning the actual game was harder then I had anticipated. Overall, the appearance of my project turned out successful and presentable.