URCAD Sneak Peek: Jaylan Hall #2

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 09:56:30 -0400

Jaylan is a Double URCADian- that's right, he has not one, but TWO presentations at this year's event! He will present his digital artwork, "A Peek Inside the Vault: Digital Prints" at URCAD Online 2020, starting this Wednesday. Check out his artwork, and pay close attention- it moves!

(For info on his other project, "Development Of A Custom Robotic Actuator - Quadruped Robot Project", see: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/undergradresearch/posts/92282)

Abstract:

I create abstract visuals that spore from the depths of my greatest anxieties, desires, insecurities, and passions. Hidden throughout the compact lines and curves, you will find a mixture of bold and minute details that expose my internal thoughts and emotions in their most raw form. Common inspiration for my art style tends to draw from the stark contrast between nature and technology, along with depictions of isolation, introversion, and overthinking. A major source of gratification for me is listening to what people see when they look at my art; It is as if I am alongside the creation of a new piece each time. Every single person thus far has abstracted a meaning unique to their own personal experiences, desires, and emotions. My mediums usually consist of portrait paper, touched with varying thicknesses of black ink pens, and sometimes filled with colored pencil. The more recent of my works combine digital editing, musical underlays, colorful tones, and movement, creating newfound dimensions to the abstracts. My need to create is an ultimate function of my coping mechanism to the pushes and pulls on my experiences.

Come see Jaylan's artwork and other undergraduate research and creative work, April 22-29th at URCAD.umbc.edu!

Presenters and Guests:

umbc.edu/go/urcadonline (to create/submit a VT to urcadonline)

umbc.edu/go/urcadonline-faq (for information on how to create/view/comment in VT)