On Repeat

I started this piece as a sketch of a basic and rather unoriginal fashion figure. Then I played with repetition and overlaid the image across the page using a photo editing program. The concept behind my work is that no idea is original. Every single idea that has ever been conceived began somewhere. Our ideas seem to be more unique as we fill our brains with more knowledge, more experiences and more memories but in actuality, they are just becoming less original as more ideas inspire them. In my image, the figures become more clear as they progress toward the viewer. They were all originally the same image but became more defined as time moved on and different layers emerged.