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Self-portrait series. Art direction by Rebecca Michaels, Spring 2018.
At the time that this portrait series was made, I was completely enamored with the pattern work and electric color patterns of the 1980’s, and I wanted to make some beautiful disasters of my own. I worked away at making vibrant and loud patterns in Illustrator, while in Photoshop I ran wild with color overlays and filters on pictures of myself. The result was a ode to the era, and a colorful declaration of play.
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