The title of my piece is Perspecteye, a little play on words as it is an eye turned mushroom, and plays with the perspective of what one is actually looking at. This is why I mixed the words perspective and eye to make Perspecteye. The questioning and consciousness of different possibilities of how or what one thing is or can do inspired me to make this piece.
The message I am trying to convey is that things can look different to different people based on the way that they interpret or relate to it. My sticker began in three different sketches that I actually combined to make this one piece. Taking the basis of a mushroom, and adding an eye to the top, to adding the drips that come out of the eye, blending the mushroom and eye together nicely. As well as my choice of color and design I wanted to stay somewhat simple but also fun and bright. I have lots of different elements and designs to my sticker which may be overwhelming or confusing for some people. However, I feel that the more you look at the sticker the more you can get out of it. Furthermore, my message of perspective is not defined as anything right or wrong but determined by each individual and what they can see or relate to through observing this image. For me, this eye dripping to form a mushroom represents how things can be tiring and exhausting with the drips that create a sort of sad or weighed down feeling. However the vibrant designs and colors I used also makes me feel hope, happiness, and fun! The mushroom, to my perspective, relates to me because it is still growing and has the ability to change and form into something greater and more magnificent. So this piece has a message of inspiration and perseverance for me, but at the end of the day, the main message is perspective. So each individual has the ability to interpret and choose what the sticker means to them.
I valued a lot from this project. The main thing I valued was the freedom we had between choosing what type of object we wanted to make as well as what we wanted to design on it. This project did take me a lot longer than I thought it would for creating just one thing, but I think because it was my complete own creation and idea I wanted it to be as perfect as possible. I also again valued the individuality I was able to see through each person's creation for this project as there were so many and I feel like I was able to learn about others through their projects. My Adobe Illustrator skills have definitely majorly increased after this project, I spent a lot of time, mainly working with my different layers and the pen tool to create this, but also showcased some of the skills we learned how to do when we did the Learning Illustrator Folder. Overall, I had a lot of fun creating and fighting my obstacles along the way of making this project and valued all of the work and time I put into my product that I am very happy with.
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