Absentminded

A neon, cyberpunk citizen escapes to a glowing cave to enjoy futuristic entertainment. A person in a shabby dress uses broken equipment to divert their attention from the trash building…

Calming Down

One of the best ways of escaping for me is by drawing. I escape my stress and the monotony of daily life by drawing zentangles and patterns. Something about drawing…

Indoors

When I was first presented with “Escapism,” I thought a lot about the current quarantine situation. Many people cannot go outdoors and spend time working from home, baking, doing art,…

Solidarity, Not Just Sympathy

This piece is based on the picture below, that breaks stereotypes about Asian, Hispanic, Black, Muslim, and Indigenous people. However; this does not include nearly all of the different ethnic…

Officer Oink!

Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, I have created a depiction of how many cops are currently being portrayed through this movement. Since the start of the movement cops…

My Pride and Joy

Spat on, beaten, and in too many cases, slaughtered solely based on who we love and who we are. The LGBTQ+ community has not been treated fairly for a very…

Caged Connections

This illustration is an abstract representation of social connections after COVID. Despite the internet being a constant gateway to social interaction, after quarantine it’s felt more like a barrier than…

The Right Side of History

I sketched this portrait on a sketchbook using a pencil. This is a sketch of Rep. John Lewis. The bottom shows when he was born and when he passed. I…

Giving Hope

The first thing I thought of to represent all the different issues being brought up were the petals of a flower. Each petal has an issue currently happening in the…

Not Done Yet

On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor was a 26 year old who was fatally shot in her own apartment by police officers during a no knock search warrant. She wasn’t…