For my propaganda poster, I chose to highlight healthcare access. My audience for my propaganda poster is the United States healthcare system. In the US, healthcare access has significant issues including high costs and limited access. I chose this topic to catch people’s attention on how costly US healthcare is, since it's the most expensive healthcare system in the world. I decided to use black and white words to put a spotlight on my slogan and to highlight important words in my slogan. I used the first healthcare picture to show different sides to healthcare essentially making it seem that only the United States has pricey healthcare. I used the second picture to basically show what the hospitals would look like if the US had free healthcare. In conclusion, my poster highlights the importance on how much healthcare access cost in the United States.
For our presentation slides, I was grouped with Krista, Armesha, and Cyla. We began the project by brainstorming and sketching out several ideas for a conflict we wanted to represent visually and emotionally. Each group member contributed personal or observed experiences, and we discussed which topics would be the most meaningful and impactful. After considering several options, we ultimately decided to focus on a conflict that Armesha brought to the group—drinking and driving. We felt this issue was not only relevant to our age group but also serious and preventable, making it a powerful topic for our presentation. From there, we worked together to develop a storyline, design visuals, and convey a clear message about the dangers and consequences of drinking and driving.
This PSA aims to raise awareness about abortion and its complex impact on individuals and communities. With reproductive rights at the center of national debate, our goal is to highlight the urgency of protecting access to safe, legal abortion and to advocate for informed, compassionate policy decisions. Through emotional visuals and powerful messaging, the PSA brings attention to the real experiences of those facing unplanned pregnancies, the emotional and physical toll of restrictive laws, and the consequences of limited access to reproductive healthcare. It emphasizes the importance of choice, privacy, and support in such deeply personal decisions. By shedding light on this critical issue, we hope to inspire viewers to take action, promote understanding, and support efforts that protect reproductive freedom and dignity for all.
Guernica is a 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. It is one of his best-known works, it is known as one of most moving and powerful anti-war paintings in history. The scene that I chose to illustrate was the woman falling from the burning building. The emotion that I focused on was fear and horror. I chose this scene from the painting because it stood out to me the most out of all the scenes. The characters/objects from the scene that are present are the building and the women falling. The neurotransmitters connected to the emotion in my scene are dopamine, adrenaline, and cortisol. When dopamine, adrenaline, and cortisol are released in the body, they show a "fight or flight" response, triggered by stress or threat to their life. This response prepares the body for action, increasing energy, heart rate, and blood flow. I represented my neurotransmitters by having the structure of the neurotransmitters inside the women's body and surrounding the space of the women. My illustration combines emotion and science by making the women different shades of blue to show her horror and making her eyes red to show her fear and on the outside and the inside of the women, it shows the structure of the neurotransmitters. This project helped me understand the different emotions of the painting by depicting each scene and seeing every aspect and detail of the scenes and now when I look at painting I will be able to hopefully see every emotion from the scene.