Graphic Designer
WHO SPILLED
A SERIES OF ACCOUNTABILITY
For this self-invented book series, I explored turning a book jacket series into a three-dimensional piece of art, relating the themes of three stages of my life: childhood, teenage years, and entry into adulthood to my lack of accountability I have had for my actions/ lack thereof in my life due to social anxiety. I looked into illustrating the founding building blocks of my life, spilling myself and my dirt to others, and having land, or ownership of myself and my life.
THE FINAL TOUCH
The first book, shows the building up of the foundations of what is my home, my shelter, my overall self. The next book shows a tile floor, resembling a kitchen. I spent most of my teenage years binge eating with social anxiety fear of interaction. I stayed inside the confines of this faulty structure I built, hiding from all of my problems. This last book resembles me coming out, getting out of that place of embarrassment and solitary, opening myself up to the light, and owning all of my problems that I was so unwilling to acknowledge before.
When the three books are placed together, they are meant to present themselves as my narrative as well. My childhood spent building up the walls where my soul and body reside for the coming years. My teenage years I spent confined indoors, isolating myself from those around me. During this years I binge-ate a lot, constantly finding myself in the kitchen, hence why the setting of the second book’s cover resides there. The final book cover alludes to me finally taking a step out of the walls that I built up, and into the sun where I am forced to face the light — taking accountability for my life to this point.