Personal Metaphor

The metaphor I chose was that I feel like “A Fish In A Pool With No Where To Go.” I chose this metaphor because I feel trapped within the world’s chaos and other life aspects. I feel as though I cannot picture the direction or path that I should go in. I wanted to express my feelings of being alone and needed to be doing something. I wanted a calm yet active mood of going somewhere yet going no where.

I think the composition of my metaphor is organized. I have three lines in my picture. The lines are of the pools tile, my form, and the text. I put these three lines to create boundaries of some sort. I feel trapped so it was important to make boundaries. The center is the greatest focus because that is where the action is taking place. My original body has darker colors so that attracts more attention. My tail makes me look odd/different and attracts attention because of it. I think my picture is unified because it makes sense; A fish belongs in water and if in a container it is trapped. The color ranges go great with each other because they differ but emphasize each other.

I think I did many things well and that I could have done better on other parts. I think I did a good job at creating the fish person because I started from scratch with a small fish to work with. There was difficulty in determining how to use effects to alter the tail to make it look more realistic. I could have mad e the tail more realistic, though I could not figure out how to make the tail like covered in liquid. I wouldn’t change a thing because I love the colors ad the composition that compliments each other.