Hello viewers, and Welcome to my blog page. This page is where I will be posting my digital art assignments for this semester. My name is Hannah Leah Godsey, but I typically just go by Hannah. I am a junior at CU Boulder, and I am a fine arts major. I hope to become an art therapist in the future after many more years of school, and many more degrees. I have always been a creative thinker, and have always really been into art. As a little child, I would go to my grandma’s house and make arts and craps (I couldn’t pronounce the word “crafts”). I’ve spent my whole life drawing, painting, and taking photos as hobbies, and I think that is where my interest in digital art began. When I got to high school and started taking AP Photo, I was introduced to photoshop, and I began to dabble in it for fun back at home. This year during quarantine, I got really into adobe sketchbook, and made a bunch of digital pieces in that time as well. Here are two examples:
I’ve made many different things in my art career. Most of the work I make reflects on my mental health, and is a big part of the reason I want to become an art therapist. Almost everything I have made has a backstory, a deeper meaning, or a message that I am trying to convey. I have found that depending on my mood, or anxiety level on a day in which I am creating, my art style tends to change and blend with my mood. You can literally look at what I made and tell whether I am “OK” or not. I think that a lot of artists are like that as well, and so when I see other people’s artwork I try to look at the subject matter, the way it is made, and the details within to interpret what that artist was feeling when they made the piece. When I make something the first thing that’s a dead giveaway in my mood is the linework. If it is a jumbled mess, chances are I am anxious AF, if it’s neat, then I am most likely calm and level headed at the moment.
I make art because I like to use it as an outlet. This is just a tiny example. I think that when I am upset or anxious it feeds my creativity, and so I typically start drawing, or creating something to express what I’m feeling, along with taking my mind off the trigger itself. In the future, I hope to start a practice where others can do what I do, and use art as a healthy outlet for their problems, and hopefully feel better like I do when I create. Below are some more examples of my work. I hope you like them!
