Drawing

Final Product

The Process

In our mural, we display a conveyor belt that shows trash going through the process of the conveyor belt and turning it into something beautiful. Metaphorically speaking, the significant amount of work has created a beautiful environment at the University of Illinois campus. We represent UIUC with stickers on the conveyor showing Illini pride. The color becomes more saturated as the conveyor moves, and a piece of beauty is produced. The flowers and plants blooming on the far right side of the mural are native organisms to Champaign-Urbana. This idea further portrays labor's importance in allowing this greenery to bloom. That there is a process to the beauty of nature that intertwines with the breakdown of recycling.

We started with an initial idea of tying trash to wildflowers local to Champaign-Urbana but quickly realized that there needed to be sustenance to our design. After discussing with the professor, we went into the route that there is a process to beauty within an environment. Our physical drawing is 2ft by 3ft and includes

• a rough draft of the conveyor belt,

• piles of recycling and

• the transition from filing through the recycling process to the final process.

The drawing was split into three sections: piles of trash, trash with flowers beginning to bloom, and the last area in full bloom. Translating the idea through Photoshop was easy, but keeping the personality from the physical drawing was complicated.

As three of us lacked primary Photoshop skills, creating the digital piece was a learning experience. With Isabella's experience in Photoshop, we could break down particular areas to work on. Scanning the physical drawing helped, but breaking it down into smaller sections, such as who drew the trash, the flowers, the conveyor belt, and the surrounding environment, made it easier to digest.

Proposal

Proposal for the project.