Timidity and Indecision

Inspired by Boris Artzybasheff's surreal illustrations of timidity and indecision, I decided to take my own shot at representing these concepts. 

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Timidity is represented by the depiction of a person finding comfort inside a tortoise shell. The part of her body that is obscured can be seen as an x-ray on the surface of the shell. I wanted this piece to communicate both the fear of the unknown, and the concealment of what's vulnerable.​

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Indecision is represented by an illustration of an MRI scan, in which multiple brains fill the space where a regular brain would normally sit. The idea here is quite straightforward - indecision often feels as if your brain is fighting itself, as if there are multiple people attempting to come to a decision. 

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I decided to represent both of these concepts through body-imaging techniques (x-ray and MRI) because they're both very internal and personal. X-ray and MRI are also internal and personal, it just felt right.

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