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Film & Media Studies 2025 @tssimone
My mom took a great photo of these skulls hanging on a tree during my trip to Kenya with my family, and wanted to recreate the image in a painting.
2017
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
This piece was inspired by the many rooftop cafes and stunning views of the Bosphorus River while I was exploring Istanbul on a summer vacation.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
Growing up in Iran taught me that limitation breed creativity. I tried to embody the same lesson by using alternative printing methods in the darkroom
2016
Black & white photography
I was looking for a subject I could depict using my new ink pens, and this sculpture was perfect because it included lots of shadows and some colors.
Ink Pen
This piece combines a photograph taken of a mural in Palo Alto with a vintage National Geographic photograph of the same location.
Digital Collage
History is tied to humanity. There is something heartening about a city that takes pride in its past.
2018
acrylic on canvas
This is a picture a created from 40 raw pictures I took of the same fruit cup. Compiling all 40 images into one allowed me to show everything in focus
Digital Photograph
An abstract piece with a collage element, created from splicing a collaborative image. It invokes a sense of depth and the condensation of space.
Oil paint and paper on paper
I made this painting with an attempt to capture the vibrant feeling of spring and awakening. It’s a reminder of the beauty and color of life!
2014
Oil on canvas
I am lucky enough to witness Lagunita being a real lake.
Photo
This means “my cabbage” in Russian, and the word also means “money”. This was inspired by a photo from r/peopleofwalmart.
2020
Digital Art
A digital re-imagining of my piece about humanity’s changing relationship with the natural world.
2015
Mixed Media
A contrast between the cold, grayish tones of the subject and the warmer ones of the koi around her as they mesh together following the fish’s flow.
2021
Oil Paint on Canvas
Our limbs perform so many tasks yet we rarely take a moment to recognize the inner workings that make these movements possible.
Link to Website
2019
Acrylic tube, yarn, metal hardware, wood, epoxy resin
I made this piece as an exploration of how cows are perceived in different cultures, and society’s relationship to animals as a whole.
SJC redesign – inspired by bold ‘Mod’ textiles, rooted in the London-based 1960’s ‘Mod’ fashion and music subculture centered around modern jazz.
Graphic Design and Print
A cat in a Japanese restaurant.
3D computer graphics
I was inspired by the stillness of this moment, the warm light, and the beautiful shadows created by the trees. This was based on SF Japantown.
gouache on paper
This is a painting of a memory of a moment of me and my boyfriend in his hot tub, right before he told me he loved me for the first time.
2022
I wanted to render a tree during a vibrant morning on The Farm from a design perspective.
Ink Resist