P1 Zine & Artist Statement

I think we can all agree that these past few years has been nothing out of the ordinary. Living through a pandemic is not something everyone can say they have experienced in their lifetime. For all of us, that is our sad reality. I would be lying if I said that this pandemic didn’t consume me both mentally and physically when it first arose. As the months began to morph together, I found it hard to find motivation to do anything with my days. Something about life has felt off since this all started. Like most people, my emotions have fluctuated greatly throughout these past couple of years. Art has given me a way to project these emotions and display how they make me feel, in an artistic sense. It feels as if I have lost and found myself countless times throughout the pandemic. My zine's main focus is to display the chaos that occurs in my mind on a daily basis and more specifically since the pandemic started. After the first few months of the pandemic everyday seemed to morph into one and I found that creating art was the only thing keeping that from happening. I tried to create very chaotic pieces to display the wide range of emotions I feel from day-to-day. I titled it "You're either lost or a liar" because it is by no doubt that we all feel lost at some point in time, so for those who say they aren't lost, they must be lying. I created a series of several images using programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Procreate which helped me achieve my overall goal.

This project gave me the perfect opportunity to express myself and my feelings about this pandemic and showcase them to those who might be feeling the same way. Here is a digitally created artworks inspired by my life during this pandemic and how it has affected my mental state from an artistic approach. .