Also in design class, we had to visually represent a facet of our personality that was contradicting. In this illustration, we had to somehow find a way to make the two sides of our personality blend into one image while also remaining opposite. I chose to represent that my natural positive attitude can lead to me being forced to always be happy and remain seen as one dimensional.
Mass of an Iceberg
For my illustration, I want to depict a huge part of my personality, my positive attitude and natural happiness. This characteristic contains two contrasting aspects. First, I always focus on the better parts of a situation and can provide a light-hearted position towards problems. On the other hand, maintaining my role as the go-to “happy one” is not how I always want to be remembered. People rely on me to always have a smile on my face, but I am human. I can’t always be happy go-lucky. Sometimes, I am so used to just being happy, that the smile on my face is not actually genuine. I feel I have to be happy in order to satisfy other people so I won’t let them down. Also, being this way often leads to false assumptions of my personality. Many times, others are defiant towards accepting that I am not one-dimensional.
A perfect representation of this would be an iceberg. Iceberg’s are vast and humongous, but only the surface is visible to the human eye. Underneath the water’s surface is a mass of ice, floating and unseen. The water surrounding the iceberg ebbs and flows constantly, with the random title wave or sea storm passing through.
