Assignment 2: Self Portrait Version 1

This is a self portrait in the sense that I wanted to use simple shapes to convey how I function.

As a highly sensitive person who suffers from anxiety and depression, I sometimes perceive the world as dull and gray. Sometimes my mind is like a rain cloud; a darkness that I’ve accepted and learned how to live with.

Not all is doom and gloom though. One thing that brings me joy is the Japanese Kawaii subculture, with it’s abundance of cuteness and dreamy pastel colors. My love for this lifestyle floats around within along with my inner streams of misanthropy, indifference and the like. So whenever I see something pastel and cute, the abundance of positive thoughts rains down and fills up the emptiness I sometimes feel.

Here’s the code.

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