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11/05/21 update

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 So I'm really behind on these and am in the middle of making my dev portfolio so I'm gonna go over everything I've since last post real quick. I've finished my illustration book. I've sent it off to my supervisor for him to have a look at but I havent gotten anything back yet. Firstly, daisy. Final illustration I'll just copy what I wrote for the presentation back in march: The primary influence for this one is how the story of Ophelia in Hamet has been used in psychology. In a nutshell, Ophelia's arc is about her being driven mad resulting in her death which was probably suicide. In her final scene before her death, she hands out imaginary flowers to the people of the court, however she keeps the daisy for herself. This symbolises how she is the only innocent in the story.  In the book Reviving Ophelia, psychologist Mary Pipher argues that Ophelia lacked any sense of self, solely being defined by the people, primarily men, around her. Pipher connects this