In creating my first piece, I chose to merge the heads of Bill Clinton and George Bush. I think there is a category of street art that is intended to be thought provoking and reflect societies views on current events and even political discourse. I chose to merge the heads of Clinton and Bush, because according to their opposing parties, they are quite possibly the most hated presidents of my lifetime. I drew stitches to hold their faces together, to suggest a Frankenstein type of monster created by and eventually hated by their creators (i.e. U.S. voters). It also reflects the unbreakable grip that the two party political system has on the U.S. I put the word Unity above the composition to reflect the rather comical combination of two presidents that were diametrically opposed.
My second piece was more personal. The dog in the graphic is my Toy Fox Terrier, Peanut. The piece playfully suggests Peanut's constant hunger. She always wants a dog tread, so I created a bubble portraying her thoughts; and of course, she is thinking about her next dog bone. I wrote "Give the dog a bone", because it seemed fitting. Finally, I dropped the piece on an existing photo of a spray painted wall.
In both pieces, I attempted to make the pieces seem like something that you would really see on the side of an urban alley. I personally like the picture of my dog better. I suppose it's because there is a personal connection to the subject. I'm happy with both pieces and don't really feel the need to change them.
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