For my Hero project I chose Hank Green for the subject. He is an educator who works to inform and help high school students to learn along with his brother through Crash-course videos. He is also the author of two books along with having a podcast talking about real world issues and giving advice. I chose to use the stone blue lapiz in my collage as it universally represents wisdom as he is an educator. I used the stone black jade as well as it represents power, creativity and wisdom which he displays through his all of his published works and educational videos as he is a strong influence. I chose to use green jade as it represents happiness in family as Hank works hand in hand with his brother on many of their projects. The stone fluorite is also included in my collage as it represents lateral and outside of the box thinking which we can see Hank apply to his videos and other works. Finally I chose turquoise to represent money and success as Hank has become very a prevalent youtuber along with founding Vidcon along with his brother. I tried to make the collage as symmetrical as horizontally symmetrical as possible while vertically adding in different elements behind and in-front of the piece. I chose a maroon colored background as it is opposite the green and blue tone found in rocks on the color wheel making them stand out better. Overall I like the way it turned out, although I struggled with making sure everything was symmetrical without guidelines.
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