Who Am I

In my Systems and Models course, we studied about the psychology of different people, and ourselves as well using many different personality tests. For my first action project in my Systems & Models course, the purpose was to gather all the information I learned about myself through the tests I did, and to make a self portrait about myself to represent what I learned. My piece did not have to favor how I actually look, as long as I explained why it connected with who I am through my artist statement.


16 Personality Test Link
Myers Briggs Test Link

I have taken personality tests such the Myers Briggs, DiSC, Aptitude, TKI. These tests determine who I might be perceived as in the world and they somewhat change my mind on who I think I am. The Myers Briggs measures personality types and makes a theory of those psychological types. The DiSC measures the amount of Dominance, Intuitive, Steadiness, Conscientiousness that a person has. Because these things are not determining who you are the DiSC is not classified as a personality test. The Aptitude tests shows where your strong suits are at and whatnot. TKI is a test that determines if you are able to resolve conflict or not.

I took the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) psychological test. I learned that if there is a conflict between two people, I am usually the one that does not get involved and views the dispute from both sides.. I took the 16 Personality test online, which is a psychological assessment of my personality just like the Myers Briggs. This test was something I inquired and thought about as I worked on my art piece. After I took the test it said I was INTJ (Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging). After i took the 16 Personality test I took several aptitude tests. I learned that I am creative person and I am able to focus on people’s creative attributes. I learned that I am also a visual person and I tend to see different sides of an issue in a negative eye. I liked taking these tests and being able to know more of why I act the way I do at times.

I wanted my art piece/ sketch to show all of the qualities and attributes that I now know about myself. After I did my own research and finding out that I’m Introverted, I realized that it’s not bad to get my waves and energy from being by my lonesome. Doing some research on psychologists and whatnot, I came across the famous psychotherapist Carl Jung and he said “Your visions will become clear only when you look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." That quote stood out to me because it made me feel like that I had the power to do and control what I want and that I have the power to come to a realization of who I am and what I can do. Keeping my personality test results in mind, I feel like I want people to see me the way I see myself. But in a way I feel as if that it’s not that simple. The world will always perceive me as somebody else differently than who I think I am. I then came up with the idea of my sketch / art piece of myself being blinded by the lies I’m told and silenced by the judgement from others that I’ll face if I say anything. Which will lead me to just stay to myself and get my good vibes and energy when I’m alone.

DS, January 2015. Who Am I

Title: What Am I

Medium: Pencil, & Lined Paper

Size: 3264 x 2327 (Digital size) 

  Artist Statement

This piece is showing a person who is controlled by the rest of society because of what they think he is. His mouth is covered with a piece of tape that says judgement because he is silenced by what others say. With that being said, he is obviously timid and does not express everything that is on his mind. His opinion is usually held back, so he usually stops after two words of him speaking. He is blinded and filled with false lies that the world is giving which silences his opinion even more. The world is constantly on his mind and he tends to forget about him sometimes. He’s to himself because he is not the ideal human in society because of his brown skin tone and nappy hairstyle. This art piece was inspired by a collection of personality tests I have taken and annotated for about 2 1/2 weeks.