Illustrated Article

Project Details

Digital - Procreate

Size: 15" x 20"

For this art piece, I was tasked to create an illustration to go with the article, "Why We Keep So Many Secrets", by several Psychology Today contributors. The image was open ended as long as the final piece reflected the overall message, which was that there are many reasons to keep secrets, and that one feels better keeping a secret if they have a conviction of why they keep it.

This project was a culmination of three weeks of effort. One week was for ideation and thumbnailing, the second was for a full line drawing, and the last was for the fully painted image. I attempted to grasp that the person keeping the secret had a choice by choosing to place a zipper over his lips and a calm look on his face. I then used several different brushstrokes to create a sense of movement in the piece since the subjects were in a very stagnant position.

Ideation and Line Drawing

a tired person with very large head and tape over his mouth among people with normal proportions
a person in a dark room with a lock wishing him goodnight
a lock behind a person sitting down with his mouth zippered shut
person with big head, eyes, and mouth taped shut and looks like they're about to burst
person whispering to another person who is tied down while taping their mouth shut
large brain with different sections of secrets--infidelity, crime committed, sensitive work information, etc.
person eating dinner with different locks with personalities; a lock taking drugs, a lock with two female locks, a lock reading important sensitive information

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