roomana's art portfolio

My concentration is based around mental illness and trying to give people a visual on what types of feeling there are and what goes on in the mind. I have been using mixed media in most of my pieces because it gives this chaotic and busy aura in all my pieces; I think including mixed […]

Looking back at all my work, I realized how much my technique has changed. I have been using many more reference images and I also try to sketch out my idea before I complete it. Not only that, but my style has also changed. I used to work more with watercolor and do minimal details, […]

  this sketchbook is focused on bipolar disorder. i’m aware that my concept and style is very cliche but i really wanted to include a study that focused on multiple faces and emotions because i was interested in it. i want to use a new painting technique i saw recently and wanted to attempt it […]

For this sketchbook assignment I wanted to focus on a different side of anxiety: sensory overload. I wanted to try and put all sorts of emotions and feelings into just one person to really show a chaotic sense.

For my new pieces I really want to incorporate more emotion through my work like i did with my first one. I feel like Im loosing my touch of connection through my pieces, I want to push my emotional connection in hopes for other people to understand the message Im trying to make. I have […]

This is my first piece of art that I made this year. In this piece I was trying to evoke personal emotions, while trying to stay anonymous so others can relate to the piece. I made it clouded around the head to represent what goes on in my head when I’m stressed. I tried symbolizing […]

I wanted to talk about body dysmorphia in this piece, relating to my face dysmorphia piece. i wanted to keep similar medias and techniques but i wanted to keep the tone a hit more different. i wanted to include all sorts of bodies in different position with different shapes and sizes. this is my first […]

this concentration piece is based of rage and anger. when thinking of strong emotions that i feel i thought anger was one of the strongest. in my final piece i want to be able to evoke as much passion and energy into the piece with the chaotic use of line work and color. i am […]

  My concentration piece is focused on my own type of dysmorphia i face when i am not feeling my complete self. This is normally what I see when I don’t feel comfortable with how i look. I really wanted to point out most insecurities i face; for example, I always feel like some parts […]

for this year my sustained inquiry is surrounded by my perspectives of mental illness. i will be morphing the body into unusual combinations to depict certain mental illnesses. my first idea was to replicate how i feel when i am anxious and paranoid. i was very proud how it turned out and many other people […]