http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/35297/1/mental-health-drugs-to-treat-teenagers

Sorry for the late post. The article that I chose basically talks about how nowadays teens are more open towards seeking help in regards to their mental health, and how doctors are quick to prescribe medications as short-term solutions. While the teens say that being on medication has improved their lives, one expert argues that it doesn’t help in the long run. Most people that start medication early usually stays in medication until well into their adulthood and sometimes for life. In addition, there are many harmful side effects.

The first sketch is of a guy drowning in a pool of watchful eyes, a doctor on a boat made of a pill is using a pill as a fishing bait. the second is a doctors hand putting a pill inside a  “clean” brain, while in the back we see more brains with more and more pills.  the third is a girl trapped inside a pill.

The trip to Society of Illustrators was an amazing experience. The piece really stood out for me from all the others was “War Music”. The piece was created by Armando Veve for The New York Times. Armando Veve, born in Massachusetts and based in Philadelphia  is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design.  His works has been published by The New York Times, Urban Outfitters, Inc. VICE, Village Voice, Wired , just to name a few.

 Like the majority of his works, “War Music” was dawn in Graphite and digitally. Veve’s works are extremely meticulous and surreal. His attention to detail and the way he uses lines and dots to create his works are just unbelievable. By far this “War music” looks like a drawing of a horse, but when you see it up close, we can see people fighting. Generations of humans from the prehistoric era to the modern era engaged in warfare. Similarly, the piece also shows the evolution of weapons from simple rocks to spear to arrows and swords to guns and missiles. As someone, who primarily works with pencil and pen, Veve’s works has definitely inspired me.

 It was great to see so many works from all the illustrators using different medias for their works.