Nach Ge Pinga

The Artwork: "Good Feeling in the Heart", by Echo Prescott (Nach Ge Pinga) 2024 My Artist Statement:      I created this piece in Photoshop using my logo design I had made previously in Adobe Illustrator. The thought behind by using my logo to create this interesting and colorful piece was to make sure that who I am as a person was represented in my work. For example, my logo itself is applique style artwork that comes from my tribe and our regalia, including a N represents my Native American name, which is Nach Ge Pinga, meaning good feeling the heart. With this being said I wanted to represent a good feeling in the heart with the piece I created today. I did just that by implementing every color could find by showing how love can be different in all shapes, forms, and colors. The way that all the tags came out was just my vision by trying to show how love can be anything and everywhere. I think it is incredibly important to incorporate yourself and values in your artwor...

 The Move and Art board tool:  This tool in Photoshop seems very essential and helpful in the beginning process of going about to start editing a photograph or nay other type of digital media. I would probably use this tool a lot when editing in Photoshop since the move tool can be used as another way to crop an image or expand it. I also think that I would use the art board tool way more than the move tool since I am a very indecisive person and would like to have options while creating any type of digital media. The dartboard tool also allows to create as many as you want within the same area of the original, since I am a very visual learner as well, this is going to be incredibly helpful in my work. One thing that I admired about this video was the fact that he explained the tools in a very efficient way that did not take 20 years to explain and show, very quick and thorough.  The Lasso Tool:  This tool in Photoshop is used to eliminate unwanted spots of an image....

The Self Portrait:      I decided to create my self-portrait around this photograph I had my mom take of me for a different class last semester. The point of the photograph for me was to capture culture and dimension, hence why I used a black and white filter, with high contrast to stress the form and contour of my skin and cultural jewelry. I decided to use this photograph to make my self-portrait in Adobe Photoshop to expose my teacher and classmates to my culture of being Native American. Since this project is literally about representing who I am I knew right away that I had to showcase my culture for all to see.  The Propaganda Poster:     I choose to use my self-portrait for my propaganda poster to expose the blindness of many in America who are uneducated and aware of the missing and murdered indigenous women and even men of Native America. I thought this would be a smart and effective way to bring awareness to my t...