Not Make Believe Mkpọsa Ihe Atụ by Ciara Chapman

Not Make Believe Mkpọsa Ihe Atụ by Ciara Chapman is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Eserese, Ịse Ihe na Nkwurịta Anya Competition Category.

IgweEserese· 2022

Not Make Believe Mkpọsa Ihe Atụ

by Ciara Chapman

Client: Ciara Chapman Illustration

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Eserese Category

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The Design

About Not Make Believe Mkpọsa Ihe Atụ

Ihe atụ a na-ekwu okwu n'isiokwu bụ na ihe mgbu na-adịghị ala ala adịghị eme ka o kwenye. Ihe oyiyi a bụ ngwakọta nke agba, textures na ihe odide na-agbakọta ọnụ iji zie ozi. E nwere ihe oyiyi asaa n'usoro isiokwu a. Onye na-eme ihe nkiri bụ nwa agbọghọ na-eto eto nke gbara ya gburugburu na ihe odide ndị a na-eme ka ọ dị mma. Enwere nkịta ọhịa na-apụta na ahịhịa na silhouettes nke ọchịchịrị na ìhè na-eme ka agba gbara ya gburugburu. Ozi nka nke ihe atụ ọ bụla na-ejikọta na onye na-ekiri ya site na akara ngosi na oyiyi ọ bụla.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Not Make Believe Mkpọsa Ihe Atụ meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Not Make Believe Mkpọsa Ihe Atụ ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Not Make Believe Mkpọsa Ihe Atụ maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This illustration project tackles the theme that Chronic pain is not make believe. The images are a combination of colours textures and characters that combine to communicate the major obstacles a person with chronic pain faces as a result of social perceptions and stigma. In total there are seven images one for each day of the week.
Dimensions & Packaging: N/a
Tags: Chronic pain, stigma, illustration, medical art, illustration campaign.
Production Technology: I created this project using Adobe Fresco on my iPad. I created some patterns to create texture and to separate the real from the imaginary.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this project was to communicate the concepts around pain without turning the viewer off because of the subject matter. The titles of the images are: 1 Chronic Pain Is NOT Make Believe, 2 If You Could Feel What I Feel Even For A Moment 3 It’s Not You, It’s Me, I Miss Everything ! 4 Naysayers Bewares, 5 My Pain Is Vividly Real, 6 To Be Slowly Electrocuted (sciatica) and 7 Family Shields Me
Communication of these topics could reduce stigma. When your body is at its lowest point, it doesn’t need to be stepped on.
Research: This is a conceptual project so the images are all broken down by the eye. The foxes represent family and those closest to me surfacing from the grass below. The animals have a pattern derived from the houndstooth pattern and where this pattern appears represents the imaginary or ‘make believe’. Silhouettes are a means of showing how we often see the world in black and white and the girls in the images look like children because of the loss of independence chronic pain causes.
Inspiration: Following an accident a few years ago my body was left with Chronic Pain. It is something that takes over and changes every aspect of your life. Time is spent weighing the pros and cons of every move I make, to discern whether or not the movement is worth the pain that follows. On top of this life changing event I along with every other pain sufferer must face the stigma of weakness and the various negative perceptions society has about chronic pain. When support is needed stigma is oftentimes the only thing available.
Project Duration: This campaign was part of my Instagram posts in March 2022. I created an online exhibition for this campaign via Instagram to reach as many people as possible through chronic pain and illustration hashtags.
Operation Flow: These artworks connected very well with the target audience. There are seven images so one image was posted online each day for a week. The images communicate the negatives of chronic pain and how constant pain can affect us. The invisible nature of chronic pain can be very lonely so artwork that reflects these feelings can provoke a very intense response from the viewer.
The themes are:
Chronic pain is not make believe
Naysayers
It’s not you, it’s me, I miss everything
If only you could feel what I feel, just for a moment.
My back pain is vividly real
Family shields
Sciatica is like a slow electrocution
Image Credits: All works by Ciara Chapman