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Visualizing Anxiety (2017)

Anxiety is a topic pertinent to many people, having previously experienced an attack myself, this topic became of interest to me when I decided to explore converting those feelings into something tangible – to visualize them. And so, with this in mind I wanted to create a series of illustrations that would describe what anxiety felt like to me. I intended to create the illustrations based largely off of my feelings.

"A picture is worth a thousand words."

When experiencing this emotion I found it difficult to use words to rationalize the thoughts and feelings racing across my mind, and so decided to express them through art. These illustrations were meant to depict those feelings literally and graphically – to explain the extent of their effects on me.

Visualising Anxiety 1 I run and run down this spiral staircase that takes me into an un-ending darkness.	Visualising Anxiety 2 The words that pierce my heart, hold me in place, and burn my neck.
Visualising Anxiety 3 Walking around with all my masks, wanting to tear them off. I can never be enough.	Visualising Anxiety 4 Waiting patiently as I fake this smile and have my heart crushed.
Visualising Anxiety 5 Paralyzed from everything together, I lay in fetal position.

Various Illustrations

The Centipede (Tide) An illustration of a flashback scene from my film Tide (2018)	The Spider (Tide) An illustration of a flashback scene from my film Tide (2018).
Elizabeth _ 1 An illustration I made based on a text given to me by a close friend. The illustrations served to give power to the words and create a series/comic feel.	Elizabeth _ 2 An illustration I made based on a text given to me by a close friend. The illustrations served to give power to the words and create a
Alex _ 1 An illustration I made based on a text given to me by a close friend. The illustrations served to give power to the words and create a	Alex _ 2 An illustration I made based on a text given to me by a close friend. The illustrations served to give power to the words and create a
Sketch _ 1 An illustration I created when bored, I tried exploring combining completely black and white elements with coloured elements.	Sketch _ 2 An illustration I created testing out a certain style and a random character.
Sketch _ 3 An illustration I created testing out a certain style and a random character.	Myself This is an self portrait kind of illustration, I was exploring a more cartoon like style with the rendering.
Beth Based on a quote, I tried to create a psychotic character that I named 'Beth'	Sketch _ 4 Just another attempt at illustrating something with a different style.
Sketch _ 5 Just another attempt at illustrating something with a different style.	Sketch _ 6 With this Illustration I tried to go for a more realistic style with the linework and rendering.
Sketch _ 7 Just another attempt at illustrating something with a different style.	The Scared Doll This is one of the promotional illustrations I created for one of my animations which involved 2D and 3D elements.

Various Illustrations

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Self Portait A sketchbook drawing I did of myself, exploring this kind of cartoon style!	Sykki An illustration I made of a friend using the same style as the previous image.
Sketch _ 1 An illustration made based on a classmate sleeping (during class), I tried to explore how the fabric would fold and render it in a specific way, without pen pressure.	Father An illustration I made based on a picture I took of my father.
Sketch _ 2 A random character I drew while procrastinating (just kidding, I work really hard)	Sketch _ 3 I tried to create a sort of fantastical medieval environment, where the world has no humans, just animals.
Sketch _ 4 This was a random illustration based on a number of features from a number of faces I liked. I tried to go for a realistic feel with this one.	Sketch _ 5 Another illustration created when I just felt like I needed to draw a still image and not animate! This is just a face from within my mind.
Hand _ 1 I had originally intended to make a series of hands holding on to seemingly meaningless objects, just as encouragement to people to hold on to anything they can and not give up.	Hand _ 2 I had originally intended to make a series of hands holding on to seemingly meaningless objects, just as encouragement to people to hold on to anything they can and not give up.
Don't Hurt Me This was intended to be a series as well. I wanted to use words that people have used to hurt me and illustrate those as a means of catharsis and reminding myself of how I've grown since the time those words were uttered!

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Visualizing Anxiety (2017)

Visualising Anxiety 1

I run and run down this spiral staircase that takes me into an un-ending darkness.

Visualising Anxiety 2

The words that pierce my heart, hold me in place, and burn my neck.

Visualising Anxiety 3

Walking around with all my masks, wanting to tear them off. I can never be enough.

Visualising Anxiety 4

Waiting patiently as I fake this smile and have my heart crushed.

Visualising Anxiety 5

Paralyzed from everything together, I lay in fetal position.

Various Illustrations

The Centipede (Tide)

An illustration of a flashback scene from my film Tide (2018)

The Spider (Tide)

An illustration of a flashback scene from my film Tide (2018).

Elizabeth _ 1

An illustration I made based on a text given to me by a close friend. The illustrations served to give power to the words and create a series/comic feel.

Elizabeth _ 2

An illustration I made based on a text given to me by a close friend. The illustrations served to give power to the words and create a

Alex _ 1

An illustration I made based on a text given to me by a close friend. The illustrations served to give power to the words and create a

Alex _ 2

An illustration I made based on a text given to me by a close friend. The illustrations served to give power to the words and create a

Sketch _ 1

An illustration I created when bored, I tried exploring combining completely black and white elements with coloured elements.

Sketch _ 2

An illustration I created testing out a certain style and a random character.

Sketch _ 3

An illustration I created testing out a certain style and a random character.

Myself

This is an self portrait kind of illustration, I was exploring a more cartoon like style with the rendering.

Beth

Based on a quote, I tried to create a psychotic character that I named 'Beth'

Sketch _ 4

Just another attempt at illustrating something with a different style.

Sketch _ 5

Just another attempt at illustrating something with a different style.

Sketch _ 6

With this Illustration I tried to go for a more realistic style with the linework and rendering.

Sketch _ 7

Just another attempt at illustrating something with a different style.

The Scared Doll

This is one of the promotional illustrations I created for one of my animations which involved 2D and 3D elements.

Sketchbook Dump

Self Portait

A sketchbook drawing I did of myself, exploring this kind of cartoon style!

Sykki

An illustration I made of a friend using the same style as the previous image.

Sketch _ 1

An illustration made based on a classmate sleeping (during class), I tried to explore how the fabric would fold and render it in a specific way, without pen pressure.

Father

An illustration I made based on a picture I took of my father.

Sketch _ 2

A random character I drew while procrastinating (just kidding, I work really hard)

Sketch _ 3

I tried to create a sort of fantastical medieval environment, where the world has no humans, just animals.

Sketch _ 4

This was a random illustration based on a number of features from a number of faces I liked. I tried to go for a realistic feel with this one.

Sketch _ 5

Another illustration created when I just felt like I needed to draw a still image and not animate! This is just a face from within my mind.

Hand _ 1

I had originally intended to make a series of hands holding on to seemingly meaningless objects, just as encouragement to people to hold on to anything they can and not give up.

Hand _ 2

I had originally intended to make a series of hands holding on to seemingly meaningless objects, just as encouragement to people to hold on to anything they can and not give up.

Don't Hurt Me

This was intended to be a series as well. I wanted to use words that people have used to hurt me and illustrate those as a means of catharsis and reminding myself of how I've grown since the time those words were uttered!