Here’s my artistic and psychological evolution over the past four years. It’s interesting to reflect on my changing attitudes and approach to the same subject matter. Through it all I remained brave and kept my sense of humour, even when I fell into despair.
Immediately after my near-death experience, the head trauma gave me vertigo and made the world all wonky, so my artwork looked wonky too. The reality of the situation hadn’t entirely sunk in.
One year after the incident, my artwork depicted me brushing it off, ready to move on with life, I was unprepared for the continuing battle ahead of me. This piece was super rushed, I hate the look of it now.
Two years later I was in a very dark place, I had unsuccessfully attempted suicide. I was angry and lonely and in constant pain. But I remained determined to rise above it. This is one of my favourite illustrations.Now I’ve run the entire gamut of post traumatic emotions. I feel like I’ve reached an equilibrium. This is another illustration that I am proud of.
It feels good to look back on the tremendous growth my art has made in a few years. I just reached a point where I was ashamed that I was in my 30’s and my art had barely improved since high school. Now I can clearly see progress.
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