Aniyah Davis - Art Start EAP Portfolio - May 2023

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Contents ARTIST headshots (p. 3)

Artist Statement & Bio (p. 4-5) Work Samples & works-in-progress (p. 6-8) Contact Information (p. 9) ART START PORTRAIT PROJECT (P. 10-11) ART START (P. 12)

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Here are my awesome B&W photos!

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Photo credit: Nick Collura

Aniyah Davis Digital Artist

Artist Bio Coming from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Aniyah has always had a colorful & creative mind and art has held a prominent place in her life. Art has helped her through hard times in life and struggles with depression. Painting her way out of those hard times has helped her deal with trauma and her own mental health. Art has given Aniyah life and purpose: to evoke happiness in people with the art that she creates.

She believes that, if she can do that, she has succeeded at becoming an artist.

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Tezzer Digital Artist Artist Statement My art is carefree but also me. If my art could be a person it would be the best version of me.

The best version of me is someone who doesn’t procrastinate over small things and enjoys expressing myself though my artwork! The kind of art I make is Digital art. I mainly design characters and, currently, I’m working on a comic!

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This is my Persona for when I upload my art online and when I want to thank my viewers for supporting me. Their name i is Tezzer, or Tezz. Tezz is just like me, they just look different. They are always busy so they can’t stop to get a haircut but we like the long, messy look. Yes, the sprout is real- came from staying too still. And that’s us!

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Marlo :3

David wanna be

The fairy that can’t fly

I humanized a Siamese cat, since it’s my favorite cat breed, and I named him, "Marlo" :3

I made this during Inktober. The prompt was "statue: so I tried to recreate the famous statue, David.

I wanted to see how I could make an original fairy character, who had broken wings. How would he get around? So I gave him a pet tortoise to ride.

Here’s some of my ✨Art ✨ 7

Here are some of my WIPS (works in progress)

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lets connect!

Email: davisaniyah9@gmail.com

Phone: 414-458-3164

Social Media: insta- frog.with.a.paintbrush

Tha nk y com ou fo r ing !

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I love animals. I would love to be a traveling vet, or a stationed vet. I think my love for animals started after I watched, "Dr. Doolittle." I was so envious because he could speak with animals, and I was jealous, like, "I want to do that.” When I got my first pet, a dog named Joy, we had to give her up because we had to move because the place we were moving to didn't accept dogs. That was a hard part of my life. It was a big punch to my stomach because I used to do everything with this dog. That was one of my first pets that I actually took care of, because I didn't want her to die. We used to take her on walks, she was with me when I learned how to ride my bike, we had a lot of memorable memories together. When I had to give her up, it was so heartbreaking. I know, I’m not the first black veterinarian but I would love to make my name known as the person who you can call to help with animal problems.

I would describe my art as experimental. I really like making characters and I design outfits in my free time. In all my art pieces, you will always find a piece of myself– whether it’s my favorite color, object, my persona, or something that identifies me. Right now, I'm working on my own comic but I have to learn how to storyboard so my story makes sense. I’m going to be honest: it gives me a headache. Not only does it give me a headache, it gives me this sense of responsibility and control since I'm the head of everything– I'm the one creating it, I'm the one distributing it so the whole world can see, I’m the one selling it so I can make people happy with my art– it gives me a sense of pride. I have to break through my troubles, I have to break through the hard just to get to the good.

Good work is never easy. If you want something to come out good, you have to work for it. Art is hard. I have a love/hate relationship with art.

I want to work for Disney. I want to help work on a movie, I want to see my name at the end of the credits, saying I did most of the animation. I feel that it would give me power– motivation. I actually started out with animation, thinking I could just hop right in. I dropped it so fast, I'm like, “Let's learn how to draw first before we animate.” So I learned how to draw. We never really stop learning about stuff, we always learn something new. Going back to my dream, I want to inspire kids, to give art lessons to kids who want to learn how to do art. If you have a dream, you can go out there and do it. I would just love to receive and give back.

My portrait concept is about a painter who is not only a painter but is in love with animals and will do anything they can to save animals. I want to show my emotions for the animals and how serious I am to achieve this dream to reach out to people. I wanted to show in my painting that being an artist and a painter isn't about being perfect and clean. It's about being messy and getting to make mistakes. I am a person who enjoys animals and their craft and will do anything to keep her aspirations alive.

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here is my aspp portrait

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Photo credit: CJ Foekler

Creative Connections Art Start’s Creative Connections program offers a continuum of spaces and pathways where teens and young adults can explore, learn, and grow into their own place in the creative arts industries.

Art Start Art Start uses the creative process to nurture the voices, hearts, and minds of historically marginalized youth, offering a space for them to imagine, believe, and represent their creative vision for their lives and communities.

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Thanks for Coming!!

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