Flag Self Portrait

 

When creating my flag I wanted to show growth within myself because I believe that is a big part of who I am today and to discuss something I feel everybody has experienced at some point of their lives. We all grew up seeing people in magazines looking flawless, skinny, perfect, etc. It’s hard to see these things growing up and doubting in yourself because you feel you are lacking in those areas. Inside the box I put a girl who would represent my younger self surrounded by those things. My name written in magazine letters represents this as well. Outside of the box on the left side are things that describe who I am and what I like to do. The pencil writing represents my love for art. I’ve always loved to draw since I was younger and it was always a good outlet to turn to when I was down about anything. The Puerto Rican flag is to not only present my culture but to show my love for it as well. The guitar and music notes represents my love and passion toward music, playing guitar has also always been a great way to temporarily escape bad times and relax in the moment. The little picture of New Jersey represents where Im from and where I was born. The Law and Order SVU logo is to represent what I want to do in the future. I want to be a special victims detective, I want to help people and especially in this unit it involves child cases and r*pe victims which i feel very strongly toward for personal reasons. Lastly for the left side I included two hands that are interlocking. This representing friendship bonds, family, loyalty, and love I have for the people who are important to me. On the right side I wanted to show how I’ve grown away from these social standards I always saw growing up and bettered myself and became happier as a person.I have a heart that seems to be hugging itself to represent self love. I wrote “bigger girls are beautiful too!” Because we always see skinny people as a way of being perfect but that doesn’t define perfect at all. Everyone is beautiful in their own ways and nobody should ever be put down just because of the way they look or their size. I put stay positive because that is a key part of maintaining happiness within yourself. Under that there are many phrases of positivity that are said by others that boost you self confidence. Then I have the words “I don’t care” and that represents me not caring what others think of me anymore because I love myself for who I am. Lastly I have a little drawing of lines with words that says “One-step-at-a-time” to show that it isn’t easy to love yourself and it does take a while but that’s okay.