For my Zine, I’d like to do a project which tries to show the positive symptoms some people with Schizophrenia experience. Just as a quick background, in the field of Psychology there are positive and negative symptoms, positive symptoms means presence of, and negative means lacking of. I’m choosing to highlight schizophrenia because I think it is often misunderstood.
My plan for my Zine is to be a half page style, with a front and back cover, where two pages are dedicated to each symptom. I’ve found some art to help me find some inspiration for coming up with these ideas.
Disorganized Speech:
Hallucinations:
Delusions:
These pieces of art have inspired my direction, and I have seen some interviews with people with Schizophrenia, though I will probably also watch some more interviews with people with Schizophrenia so that I can have a better idea of their experience.
The reason I’m choosing this topic is to help make mental illness a topic that can be talked about more freely. Even though it is better today, still, many people are stigmatized because they have a mental illness.
I’m choosing to focus on the positive symptoms of schizophrenia because I think they transfer better to a digital art medium, and two pages per symptom will allow me to explore a variety of techniques for each symptom. The plan is to do one photoshop collage and one illustrator for each symptom. Though I might combine the two mediums.
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