Editorial Illustration, Part IV (Thumbnails and Concept)
Multiple thumbnails
We see, we process and understand, and we express our thoughts such that other people can understand it too.
Empathizing as a process.
If you taste my vomit, will you understand me?
If you taste my vomit, will you understand me?
Literally putting yourself in another person’s shoes
Voodoo Doll is the ultimate empathetic being. It actually feels for you by proxy.
Empathy is like a psychological hug- this doodle illustrates people forming a rubber band ball with their arms.
Conceptual sketch of empathy as a shared experience – a venn diagram
Sharing experiences through the mouth (and buttocks?) : sharing is not always a pleasant experience.
Two pools of thread shares their thread.
I had a few ideas at this point (See the concept for each on each as a caption when you hover over the thumbnail). Ultimately, as the concepts got too broad, Prof and I decided that we should narrow down to a more focused concept. Despite the diversity of ideas generated, Prof noticed that the robot is a constant fascination of mine. I concluded that it was because robots are the logical antithesis to empathy, as they would not have ‘hearts’ or emotions, at least not as of now. Below are some of the robot thumbnails I had.
Finding the heart
Heart in a maze
Robots trying to find the heart – like the tin man from Oz
This new direction sparked the discussion of AIs, emotions, and lack of empathy. As a society we may move forward technologically and intellectually, but we may be losing the heart and moving away from empathy.
Looking through a human’s eyes
A journey to find the (literal) heart
A journey to find the (icon of) heart
A kind giant robot? The concept is not clear on this thumbnail.
A maze of robots trying to reach THE centre, which would be the heart.
Ultimately, I settled with an isometric maze in which the robots are moving away from the centre of the maze at which the heart would be, to illustrate the lack of empathy instead.
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