PROJECT #7 – street art Goal: Street art is the newest and most exciting segment of the contemporary art world. This assignment will allow you to create your own street art persona. Assignment: We’ve just viewed Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop and have been introduced to street artists such as, Shepard Fairey, Mr. Brainwash, Monsieur André, and Space Invader. Now it is time to create your own street art persona. 1) Give yourself a name, such as when Thierry Guetta became “Mr Brainwash” 2) Define your goals and intentions as a street artist 3) What message does your work contain? 4) Where is your street art going to be placed so people will see it? 5) What medium are you going to use? What size is it ideally going to be? Develop your ideas and write an essay explaining the five bullet points above. Create a work of street art! ON PAPER! Attach it to your essay. Essay Format: · Upper left hand corner of the paper should have (single-spaced) Your Name Days and Time of Class Project Number · Skip two lines and begin your paper…do not give your paper a title · One-Page (20-23 lines of text) · Typed · Double Spaced (Format—>Paragraph—>Spacing—>Double—>Click OK) · 1” Margins (Format—>Document—>Change Margins—>Click OK) · 10-point font · Don’t forget to proofread your paper! Grammar does count! Art Format: · Complete your work on a standard 8.5” x 11” sheet of paper. Do not deviate from this. · The medium is up to you, but pencil is preferred · You can also create something via computer, but remember YOU have to create it! · An example is below. The Packet: Essay Attach a sample of your street art Point Value: 25 points Due Date: Monday, April 20th. An “A” Student Project #5 As the world of street art continues to expand, more new and innovative forms of art are being displayed all around the world – from LA to Paris to New York City and more. When trying to figure out what piece of street art to create myself, it took me awhile before I dedicated myself to a certain image because there were so many ideas running through my head. I chose my primary form of street art to depict a cartoon detective with the word “create” at the bottom of his coat holding a magnifying glass that reveals an inkblot from the Rorschach test. Based on this image, I would call myself “Detective J.” All-in-all, my street art does not portray a particularly deep or meaningful subject and is not extremely difficult to create, yet I feel that the message I want viewers to receive from this image is still an important one for people to remember. The Rorschach inkblot test is typically used for psychological purposes to determine a person’s personality characteristics and emotional functionality. Personally, I believe it is also a test of the imagination, a method of creation and interaction with each other and with an individual’s personal creative side. As a street artist, my goal is to promote these artistic characteristics – crea ...

1. PROJECT #7 – street art
Goal:
Street art is the newest and most exciting segment of the
contemporary art world. This assignment will allow you to
create your own street art persona.
Assignment:
We’ve just viewed Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop and
have been introduced to street artists such as, Shepard Fairey,
Mr. Brainwash, Monsieur André, and Space Invader. Now it is
time to create your own street art persona.
1) Give yourself a name, such as when Thierry Guetta became
“Mr Brainwash”
2) Define your goals and intentions as a street artist
3) What message does your work contain?
4) Where is your street art going to be placed so people will see
it?
5) What medium are you going to use? What size is it ideally
going to be?
Develop your ideas and write an essay explaining the five bullet
points above.
Create a work of street art! ON PAPER! Attach it to your
essay.
Essay Format:
· Upper left hand corner of the paper should have (single-
spaced)

2. Your Name
Days and Time of Class
Project Number
· Skip two lines and begin your paper…do not give your paper a
title
· One-Page (20-23 lines of text)
· Typed
· Double Spaced (Format—>Paragraph—>Spacing—>Double—
>Click OK)
· 1” Margins (Format—>Document—>Change Margins—>Click
OK)
· 10-point font
· Don’t forget to proofread your paper! Grammar does count!
Art Format:
· Complete your work on a standard 8.5” x 11” sheet of paper.
Do not deviate from this.
· The medium is up to you, but pencil is preferred
· You can also create something via computer, but remember
YOU have to create it!
· An example is below.
The Packet:
Essay
Attach a sample of your street art
Point Value: 25 points

3. Due Date: Monday, April 20th.
An “A” Student
Project #5
As the world of street art continues to expand, more new and
innovative forms of art are being displayed all around the world
– from LA to Paris to New York City and more. When trying to
figure out what piece of street art to create myself, it took me
awhile before I dedicated myself to a certain image because
there were so many ideas running through my head. I chose my
primary form of street art to depict a cartoon detective with the
word “create” at the bottom of his coat holding a magnifying
glass that reveals an inkblot from the Rorschach test. Based on
this image, I would call myself “Detective J.”
All-in-all, my street art does not portray a particularly deep or
meaningful subject and is not extremely difficult to create, yet I
feel that the message I want viewers to receive from this image
is still an important one for people to remember. The Rorschach
inkblot test is typically used for psychological purposes to
determine a person’s personality characteristics and emotional
functionality. Personally, I believe it is also a test of the
imagination, a method of creation and interaction with each
other and with an individual’s personal creative side. As a street
artist, my goal is to promote these artistic characteristics –
creation, imagination, and interaction – to the general public
through my street art. At a time where everything feels rushed
and many people are socially “impaired,” I want people to
notice my artwork on the streets, stop, and take time to utilize
the parts of their brain which have been hibernating for so long.
The primary message that my artwork contains is that creativity
is an integral part of our society that many people seem to be
missing. Whereas before people used to experiment with

4. different methods to solve a particular problem, our society has
become utterly dependent on technology and what others tell
them to do. I want people to get excited about creativity again –
to dream and to think of something new to do, to not fall into
the repetition of life.
Most of my street art will be large-scale images (a little less
than life-size) because I want everyone to be able to see it
whether they are nearby or far away. More likely than not, I
will be print-making my images, cutting them out, and then
“gluing” the images onto the city’s walls for people to see. To
be more specific about my placement of the street art, I would
locate either a busy or rundown street somewhere in LA because
a busy street would attract a larger audience but a rundown
street will attract an audience that probably needs a new sense
of hope to be ignited within them, which I feel my artwork can
bring to them if they just take the time to look at it and use their
imagination.