HIV Alive & Well Final

Throughout this brief I have created a series of illustrations that explore the theme of HIV, Alive and Well.  I explored this theme by looking into how HIV patients may view their life and the world around them. I felt this was a really strong concept as it allowed me look into emotion and colour to find a way to create an uplifting piece that would attract and communicate messages of hope.  This is to allow people to reflect upon their lives and begin living their life in a positive manner.   My work is illustration based as I see drawing as one of my strengths, I felt this was perfect for this project as I was able to give a personal hand drawn piece that would let the patients and staff to connect to my work more easily.

My final pieces are built up in layers.  The first layer is the ribbon which is the support of my drawings and represents the amount of support that is provided for these people.  Each drawing has a quote that sits in the middle and around these quotes are drawings of the natural world that reflect the quote.  Also hidden in each drawing are two single eyes, there is one brown eye and one blue this is to represent that anyone could be infected and helps infected people relate to the piece more.