Kelli Connell (American, born 1974)

Date: 2006, printed 2012
Accession Number: 2012.180

  

     This image appeals to me because these women are the same person, but are manipulated in photoshop. I like it because the background of the scene is slightly faded and blurred and because of that makes the women and there appearance stand out more. The artist of this photo used multiple images of the same model, but digitally through photoshop stitched hen together into seamless composites.

This is my second original image/sticker design for the "Exit THrough the Gift SHop" project. My image/sticker is a photo of me texting and I chose this because it something I do very often and I am very protective of my phone. As you can see my fingers and the phone are emphasized because it is the main idea of the silage. If this were to became a sticker image and I was a graffiti artist i would put my phone on any common used electronic devices.

This is my first "Exit Through the Gift Shop" original image/sticker design. This image is a stick figure and whenever it gets  mad, irritated or messes up says the words "I'm Done". I drew this image because "I'm Done" is like my trade mark saying and I say it whenever I get mad, irritated or mess up. I don't just say the words I'm done either I usually make some arm or hand movement when I say it, so I made my image do the same. I added a chalk and charcoal effect to give my image more effect. I then signed the bottom with my first and last name initial and added a little anchor next to it, because I always draw anchors. As a street artist if I were to put this image somewhere I feel it would be places people get very frustrated with like on stoplights, school buildings, traffic, etc.

This is my second Authentic project. For this photo it was originally a photo of me and my boyfriend looking at one another. I then decided to change it into a fairytale scene, so I drew a castle, rainbow and a crown on each of us. I then decided that I didn't like the empty space that would be in the right hand corner , so I wrote "Today was a fairytale".

This is my first Authentic art project. For this project I had a friend take a photo of me pretending to write. I then drew on headphones, an iPod, music notes & colorful unique background to give it more pop. I also wrote on lyrics to the paper I was pretending to write on.

This is my replacement project for the Batesville T-shirt design. I found this project idea in a photoshop book and it is called 5 Ways to Tone to perfection. This project was tricky because the directions  weren't very detailed. The main thing you tweaked with in this project is levels and curves which was difficult because I had never used curves before. I tried my best to make my final image look like the one in the photoshop book, but mine came out more washed to. If I could redo this project I would choose a different photoshop book with more detailed instructions.

This is the Alphabet project. Malia, Sammy, Tawana and I all worked together for this project. For this project we used our fingers/hands to make up the letters of this alphabet. What I like about this project is that not all of the letters look the same because the difference in skin tone. If I could redo this project I would try something a little more creative and difficult.