- what is the subject of your image?
- The subject of my image is a a tornado, and faces of 3 African Americans who were killed by police along with my face.
- what is the content of your image?
- The content of my image is a to show you what is going on in the world today with African Americans.
- why did you make the choices that led to the composition?
- I made these choices because i wanted to show the disadvantage black people have.
- • Explain the process and steps you went through and why you made those decisions.
- The process I went through to make this portrait was fast and good. My first step was to paint a big black cloud and have a tornado forming in the cloud. Next I added the heads of the African American victims in the cloud along with my head.
- • How you would categorize your work (ex. collage, graphic print, mixed media, etc)
- I would categorize my work as graphic print.
- What artists or works are appropriate to compare your work to
- The artist I tried to compare my art too was Carrie mae weems.
- what do you think this image conveys to the audience?
- This image conveys to the audience that black lives matter.
- What are the differences between the first self-portrait and your last self-portrait?
- The difference between my first self-portrait & my last portrait is my first portrait i used words describing my whole life & my last portrait i used my face along with other faces of african americans who lost their life to police.
- What influenced these changes?
- I wanted to point out an issue thats going on in the real world and whats going to keep happening if we don't do anything about it. Which is going to lead to my pictures in the tornado if we don't.
Am I Next ?
I was assaulted a few weeks ago back in my hometown by an police officer. He's been doing it for a long time, he got reported and still has his job. Police gets away with alot in todays society and thats the problem. If this issue don't get solved we will see more pictures of innocents on the posters. BLACK LIVES MATTER

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