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Students investigated how social media shapes personal identity, focusing on the ways online platforms allow us to filter, alter and fragment our appearance. Drawing on Cubist principles, they combined realistic portrait elements with distorted, geometric forms to reflect these shifting digital selves. Initial mixed‑media studies informed the design of their final print, for which students selected colour palettes representing different online identities. Throughout the printmaking process, they developed skills in accurate registration, think creatively about the materials they could incorporate. They also experimented with the Chine Collé technique, adding coloured papers and textures to enhance the layered, filtered quality of their portraits.