Process:

I first approached the exercise with the perspective of "selling someone something". With my eyes fixed on the extra credit, I thought it would be great to borrow or steal an artwork, and then make a visual pun of it, and then slap the design on a mug or t-shirt. But with closer focus on the considerations, I realized that I wasn't really breaking any rule. Maybe bending some terms of copyright (which is also unwanted), but I wanted to break a rule. With puns still in mind, I came up with "The Choice" as a spin-off of "The Voice", and decided to make a statement. I hoped to break the rule of having your work be well-receipted by all.

I used gimp, for the first time, and used it to crop and make a collage of images found on google images. I found the pro-life members of congress through this website: http://www.sba-list.org/node/2606

I found personal difficulty making something that could be received as having a very one-sided opinion. I was challenged to make a statement, using my personal opinion instead of keeping the peace like I usually do.

Product:

I created a juxtaposition of the controversy and a spectacle of judgement. I wanted to mix the judgments on the controversy, with the judging process of The Voice. I used GIMP, for the first time, and created a collage of congress members, and images implying pregnancy (e.g. the pregnancy tests layered over the microphone. I used the "lasso" tool to cut out each image layered on top. Some colors were added to blend the layers in with the background. I changed "The Voice" in the background to the "The Choice" by selecting and copying other areas of the existing word.