In creating these mandalas, I valued the opportunity that I had to express myself in a very low-stakes way. Making mandalas on Adobe Illustrator, you can draw almost anything and it will still look fine because of all of the symmetry. For both mandalas, I just drew whatever came to mind. My black and white mandala has plants and animals on it, because I love plants and animals, and for my colored mandala, I was just inspired by the idea of an infinite burger. This assignment was a good way to start getting used to drawing things again, because I really didn’t draw much over the summer.
Since this quarter’s overarching theme is “Reflections,” I think that through the mandala, I learned that I value expression over abstract beauty. The prettiest mandalas usually have lots of floral and geometric shapes, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it that way. I wanted to share my love of wombats, and my idea of an infinite hamburger, so I did it my way. Even though my products aren’t really super beautiful and awe-inspiring, I’m happy with them because they express me.
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