Emotion Wheel & Inner-Monster/Inner-Helper
Intro Art Directive: Emotion colour wheel - differentiating between emotions
Main Art Directive: Creating “inner-monster” and creating “inner-helper”
Description
This art directive creates a dialogue between understanding and acknowledging how and what your “inner-monster” affects the individual on a daily basis. The art directive allows individuals to articulate and better understand their negative emotions and thoughts by creating a visual representation by illustrating their mental illness as real monsters. Through their process of creating this “inner-monster” they can better grasp and comprehend what coping skills they can obtain to protect themselves from their “inner-monster”. By doing so, the second half of the art directive is to create an illustration of their “inner-helper” that will represent the tools the individual will need to battle their mental health challenges.
Outcomes
Helps Identify what the individual is struggling with, within their mental health challenges
Learn to create a narrative between their mental health struggles and coping strategies
Allows further awareness in what the individual may be struggling with and better understanding their emotions to help them realize ways they can help cope with their challenges.
Learn about illustration and cartoon characters
Delivery
Brainstorm what your “inner-monster” and “inner-helper” symbolizes
Draw your “inner-monster” and “inner-helper”
Create a dialogue of coping strategies
