Disruptions: A Junior Self-Portrait Illustration by Helena Steffens (2012)

In this piece I am communicating a part of me that I am not proud of. This is portrayed by the moon with clouds over it, and an arrow with people watching. All of these images represent how I behave when I am tired/exhausted. This ties in with common interruptions in my life, like the phone, verbal interruptions, etc., and forms the statement that when I get tired and exhausted, people interrupt me which makes me very aggravated. I envisioned this idea through the list of words Ms. Parkinson gave us. As I matched up the words from the list, these ones made the most sense for my personality. I originally was only going to just feature the moon, an arrow, and clouds in my piece. However, as I created it, I realized that it didn't look full and complete enough. I therefore put people at the bottom to complete it to portray where I often release my anger. This piece ultimately portrays the part of me that I am ashamed of.

When crafting this piece in Adobe Illustrator, it was very complicated. I often forgot to do simple things like create a new layer in order for my drawing to come out the correct way. After I made a few of the same mistakes, I began to learn exactly how to do what I was trying to do but also kept making mistakes. At first I thought that it would be difficult to trace out the people and all of their curves, but as I persisted I found it to be easier than I thought. I tried to add as many common interruptions as I could in order to make my illustrator more effective.