A stereotype that I certainly currently conform to is the archetype of a female art student. This stereotype can be broken down into various sub groups but the on running theme is that the modern day, young, female art student is middle class and a little pretentious. When exploring this stereotype I want to look at two different subgroups of the art student stereotype that I believe I conform to, these being the messy, scruffy, slightly edgy, doc marten wearing practical student and the more style conscious, fashionable, club kid/ Harajuku inspired, heavily-active-on-instagram type student. I feel that on somedays I can dress stylishly, put on some fun makeup and look very well put together and on other days I wear comfy clothes, throw my hair up in a bun and get covered in charcoal and paint. There is rarely an in-between.

The above moodboard depicts the more relaxed, scruffy art student for this shoot I plan to wear my comfy maroon jumper from my school trip to China in 2016. I often wear this jumper when I’m lounging around the house, doing art or just want to feel comfy. I wear this jumper so often that my mum has to tear it off my body in order to wash it. I also want to wear a pair of denim dungarees, I don’t usually wear these when painting because they are not particularly comfortable but I feel that it will complete the art student aesthetic. I also want to play off the idea of what people think an artist at work looks like, so I plan to wipe some paint of my face and arms as well as tucking some paint brushes into my bun.

Above is my second mood board for my more fashion forward, heavily active on Instagram, art student as well as some photos from my personal Instagram page. I want to create a harajuku fashion inspired look with pastel colours and fluffy hair accessories (pictured below) and my fun monster’s inc backpack. In terms of poses for this shoot I want to try some cutesy, bubbly smiley poses and perhaps some images that include taking selfies for instagram as the case of my iPod in bubblegum pink and cat shared which would fit in with the pastel them I want to create. For the first shoot I plan to use my blue back drop as the maroon jumper I plan to wear will almost certainly clash with the pink. However for the second shoot I plan to use both the pink and blue background because the outfit that I have selected (pictured below) will work well with both colours.