concept: negative impacts of empathy
(disclaimer: a lot of these sketches are just me vomiting out what i have in my head so some are not as refined or well-thought, and i have no idea what they really mean lol)
1A midst of thorns and vines
1B going through thorns and vines
1C a refined version of 1B???
2A similar to 1B, more straightforward with the addition of another person i.e. the person one is empathising with
2B a cracked face to represent the positive front we put when empathising; sunflowers to symbolise happiness, some are slightly wilted to show crumbling resolve
2C sunflowers in the front, a person in the middle, and thorns at the back
3A sucking the energy (colours) out of you
3B & 3C sucking the life out of you (quite literally put)
4A chained down; multiple chains to show empathy to multiple people at once
4B a more straightforward version of 4A; drowning
4C hugging a cactus
5A combination of previous ideas; chained down; holding a wilting/messy bouquet of flowers
5B dragged down and drowned by hands
5C eyes crying out into a pool, where you are drowning in
6A hands reaching out as support; vines grasping at the arms and thorns cutting the skin
6B hands reaching out as support; vines and thorns coming out from someone else’s mouth injuring the arms instead
after consultation, i decided to develop further ideas 2C, 4C and 5C into more refined pencil compositions
HELLO!:) Looking at your compositing, to be honest I had a hard time choosing:) a lot of them are really interesting and original 🙂 for example I like, 1a,1b,2b,3c(the bone arms), 4c,5a. Im so greedy:) But because they conveys the idea really well and I thought these composition could be quirky cute but represent a deep impact meaning:) especially hugging cactus and the boney arms:)