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Disoriented: A Junior Narrative Illustration by Arthur Owen (2012)

This design assignment was to create an illustration from the theme of a short story. We first came up with a story, decided how the theme could be visualized in an image, then created a metaphor illustration for that visualization. As an added requirement our illustration had to include typography in some form. The basic theme of my story was that humans spend too much time worrying about ''greater meaning'', that we're always looking for something more. The byproduct of this is that we miss or ignore what we already have. In a sentence, humans are in constant consternation about ''greater meaning'' rather than being happy with life as we know it. In my illustration, the snake represents humanity. It is twisted in a knot, always looking up at religious symbols which represent the search for ''greater meaning'', with its back turned to the cornucopia, which represents the good things we have. The text that forms the body of the snake represents the manifestations of this human condition.
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