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Materials: paper, colored pencils Processes: Most of the piece was done by coloring without much planning. The figure at the bottom right was transferred from a drawing in my sketchbook. Ideas: This piece represents a moment of peace, a sort of eye of the storm, for the protagonist of the project before he takes a final fall down the spiral. In contrast to the first piece, portraying a mouth representing the evil voice inside the protagonist’s head, the eye represents the peace the protagonist feels in this “eye of the storm” moment. The colors of red and black which are used repeatedly in my pieces to be menacing appear warmer and more comforting here, as the protagonist floats from outside the eye, where from afar he can see the dark center of the eye, the depths of the downward spiral he is heading towards.  

Materials: paper, colored pencil Processes: Everything in the final piece is transferred from drawings in my sketchbook. Ideas: This piece explores the emotions of lust and self-hatred explored in the song “Closer”. A very overt reference to Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” is made to symbolize the protagonist’s worship of sex (as a representation of lust this is why her face is obscured). The protagonist sits torn open on a mound of dirt, representing his passionate shameful longing, as the petals of a black flower float into the distance and turn into insects. Love is often poetically compared to a blooming flower but this is love is corrupt, and thus it reintroduces the recurring theme through my pieces of insects. (The black flower is subconsciously inspired by the iconic line from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”: “Let the black flower blossom as it may!”)