1. Self-portrait: An interpretation as to who you are. The final image does not need to be representational, but should convey to the viewer some aspects of who you are, or how you see yourself in relation to the world. You can incorporate strong political or religious beliefs, philosophy of life, hobbies or interests, as well as people or things that have influenced you.

2. Landscape or Still-Life ( or you can elect to do another portrait ): Compose a picture in either of these two historical genres. A landscape generally means an image of the outdoors. A still-life is a collection of inanimate objects, flowers, fruits, etc. The objects may or may not have some special significance.

• All images used on your final projects must be created by you. You may not include any images created by other people, as this is copyright infringement, and also defeats the purpose of this class, which is to create YOUR OWN work.

• Both images should reflect your understanding and application of design / composition and color theory ( as found in the required reading assignments throughout the quarter ). Projects that exhibit better design and color, will receive better grades.

• For the self-portrait OR the other final project, each student should type out an artist's statement and save it in the same folder on the hard drive as your image projects. Only one statement is required; do not write about both pieces. The statement should include:
  1. The basic meaning of your work and your intent in creating it - what are you saying; what you hope it will convey to viewers, and how you want them to respond.
  2. Why you chose the colors / images / shapes that you did.
  3. How did the image / idea change as you worked on it ?
  4. Assess how the image works - does it work for you the way you had envisioned ?

• The finished images should look as good as they possibly can. All marks should be intentional, and all shapes and objects should exhibit a look of completion. Copied-and-pasted images should have edges that are trimmed, cleaned, and should look professional - no ragged pixels or sloppy outlines. Scanned photos should be color- and tonal-corrected where needed. Each image should reflect that 12 - 25, or more, hours of focused work have been applied to them.