Overview
This started out as a personal project to get to know a style of art from my culture. I'm a part of the Shishalh Nation. The Shishalh Nation is a tribe located in the Pacific Northwest.
Challenge
Historically, my tribe's culture learned skills by being taught by their family or other members in the tribe. There have been events that have changed my tribe's way of living that prevented the handing down of many skills. I had to seek out information on my own.
Goal
My goal was to get a better understanding of the elements used to create designs in the Pacific Northwest First Nation art style.
Dark Red First Nation Wolf Gaiter
First Nation Wolf Hoodie
First Nation Wolf Gaiter
Overview
This was my first attempt at a First Nation design. I went in pretty blind other than what art I've previously seen. I didn't really use a reference on the style but used one for the wolf head. In the end, I had a piece of original artwork that I used to put on a neck gaiter to create a mask that I could wear as a way of representing my culture and myself.
Challenge
To figure out how to use the shapes to create the wolf's face.
Goal
To begin understanding the First Nation's art style by actually creating some. I started without a reference because I just wanted to create something with what I thought my current understanding of the art style was at that moment.
Dark Red First Nation Wolf Gaiter
Front Facing First Nation Digital Art Version
Grey Neck First Nation Wolf Gaiter
First Nation Profile Wolf Hoodie
Overview
This First Nation Wolf design was done after finding an ebook called "An Overview of Pacific Northwest Native Indian Art" by Clint Leung. This was a free resource offered by Free Spirit Gallery. This book discusses the shapes and their use cases in a design. Once done with the design I thought it would look perfect on the side of the hood on a hoodie.
Challenge
Once I had the pieces that were used in the Pacific Northwest First Nation art style. I had to figure out how to put the pieces together.
Goal
To utilize the shapes and styles used historically in my culture.
First Nation Pacific Northwest Art Style Shapes
Ovoid Shapes: The Eye is an example of an Ovoid shapes used in this type of art style.
U-Form Shapes: Under the ear there are two thin lines that are examples of U-Form shapes.
Split U-Form Shapes: The shapes for the back teeth, cheek, above & below the eye are examples of U-Form shapes.
S-Form Shapes: The shapes that run along the nose or snout of the wolf are examples of the S-Form shapes.
L-Form: The shapes around the jaw line are examples of the L-Form shapes.
First Nation Wolf Profile Hoodie Right
First Nation Wolf Profile Digital Version
