Hello, my name is Tyler Sauve, and I make media art. I take pride in my work, and enjoy making unique, interesting and informative pieces of art. I make media art for many reasons. The fact that it simply enjoy expressing my self through it, and that it can help channel my creativity so I may enjoy the end result and the process of making it. My largest influences when I’m creating media art are my interests (science and astronomy), social issues (i.e. the environment), and sometimes just pure random though. I’m not only influenced to make certain pieces of art, but I also try to make my art influence or send a message to the viewer. In most of my work there is a message or a theme designed to convey something, like the wonder and awe of the cosmos, or the issue of deforestation. My favourite form of media art was the either the self portrait, or the cultural photo montage. Firstly, I enjoyed making the self portrait because I was really able to express my interests, and how I view my life (plus adding in all the cool stuff around look really neat!). Secondly, I enjoyed making the cultural photo montage because I found it interesting to learn about German culture and there way of life (I did not know much before on the subject), and I was quite proud of the end result, I believed it was very visually appealing, and many people enjoyed it (the layer masking was a lot of fun too!).My primary tool for making all my favorite is Photoshop (or Premier) , a good camera, and my imagination. With these tools I can virtual make anything I can dream of!