Digital Painting with Emojis and Yung Jake
How to Explore Appropriation and Pop Culture with Yung Jake’s Emoji.Ink Pop culture and appropriation go hand by hand, why not incorporate them to understand the bigger picture? Think about this project as another discovery of your student’s self-identity, including popular culture symbols, influential people or historical icons, music, food, traditions, and objects. The goal and connection with this exploration is to go beyond the basic understanding of appropriation and navigate how both vocabulary terms play a big role in our everyday experiences. Introducing Appropriation and Pop Culture To begin the project, introduce your students to appropriation and pop culture. Appropriation in art is the use of pre-existing images or items with changes or small modifications applied to them. During the introduction of the vocabulary you can provide visual examples such as cartoon characters that have been appropriated in the past, movie clips or songs are also a ...
