Here is a draft of the visual portion of the first project. As seen, I’d hypothetically upload the visual to Instagram where the caption would include my written portion of the project. I’m still adding more to the image overall, and trying to decide if I want to include text, such as data points inside the image, or to have all the writing only in the caption of the social media post.
An image I decided to ‘manipulate’ is a silhouette stock image seen below. I used the overall shape of the silhouette to help myself draw a woman who will become the main point in my visual project. In the drawing seen on the right, I added hair, clothing, a shopping bag, and a scarf that the woman is throwing to help show the message I want to give.
After brainstorming and searching online for ideas, such as this page from 80,000 Hours, I’ve found a few potential issues that I’m interested in focusing on for the first project. The first is mental illnesses/health: the still lack of awareness/importance, the stigma of getting professional help and revealing one is unwell. I’m unsure if it’s an understudied issue since it has become much more talked about in recent years, yet not as much as other issues. Another idea I have is fast fashion: in the environment clothing and accessories are made, how they are bought in bulk only to be shortly used and disposed of, where the cycle repeats as trends change. And the third idea I have is factory farming, where many animals are treated terribly, often in not big enough cages.
