BEING HUMAN- DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S ON MY MIND?

I created a campaign about helping friends and family whose loved ones may have from mental health problems. In a survey I conducted, I found out that 65.91% of people have struggled with their friends and family not understanding their mental health, so it's a subject I think needs to be discussed. If mental health was de-stigmatised more, the world would be a better place as mental health is part of being human and it's important that we understand it. I decided on the idea of creating headdresses to represent each mental health problem as it would represent something being on people's minds in a very visual way, thus getting the point across. The shape and colours used were very important in the campaign as I wanted people who don't have mental health problems to try and understand what it can be like through visuals, as it is often difficult to describe the experience to someone who does not understand. I wanted to use the bright, vivid colours to attract the viewer's eyes, so used bright acrylic and Posca pen. I thought it was important to create the headdresses in 3D rather than just a 2D painting to add more context and to expand peoples ideas of what illustration can be . The text on the poster is both hand written and typed. The handwritten represents what the person with the mental health problem wants you to know and the typed text is the narrator giving more context. This clearly communicates the intended message.