Story(From Me)(True) by Anthony Rigoni

I made this piece with GIMP. First, I drew the lines using the pencil tool. Then, I place one of the characters in the door using the select tool. I used the paint bucket tool to color the picture. I used the pattern fill tool to color the floor and the walls. Finally, I colorized the picture to make the picture look dark and blue.

The colorization of blue is a representation of a cool color. It also gives out an emotion of sadness and despair. The lines used for the walls, coffin, door, and floor are mechanical. The coffin also has a perspective to give the viewer a feeling that they are standing next to the coffin. The characters have organic lines. There is a large space separating the characters. The coffin and the doorway have rectangular shapes.

The piece I created, Visting Grandpa’s Wake or the Last Goodbye, is about how I went to my grandfather’s funeral. A few months ago, my grandfather died after seven cardiac arrests. My family and I went to the funeral out in Savannah, Illinois. While I was crying, I said my last goodbye to my grandfather as he was buried at a cemetery not far from Savannah, Illinois. The purpose of my piece is to create a feeling of sympathy for the hero, along with a relative, who are mourning the loss of their grandfather.