Psyche Inspired: Mary Helen Lewis

Institution: Texas Tech university

Major: Biology

Psyche Inspired Class: Fall 2022 only

The Magician and The World

Mary Helen Lewis

December 14th, 2022

Major: Biology

Genre/Medium: Digital art

About the work: For my first project I wanted to make a Tarot Card inspired piece to represent the Psyche Mission. I have always loved the style and meaning being tarot cards and wanted to explore that style of artwork. I made two digital pieces, each representing specific cards. The first card that I chose was The Magician. I thought that this card was very fitting, as it represents that you have all of the skills and talent needed to succeed, as well as a connection between the earth and the universe. I decided to include an astronaut in this artwork, despite the fact that we are not sending people to the Psyche asteroid. The astronaut was added to represent the talented people that are working incredibly hard to make this mission happen and connecting us on Earth to the asteroid. The second card that I chose was The World. I strayed from the original design of the Tarot card and decided to represent Psyche 16 as the world. In a way this card represents new opportunities and worlds opening up to you such as the metal world that we will soon sending our orbiter to.

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The metal world vintage poster

Mary Helen Lewis

February 8th, 2023

Major: Biology

Genre/Medium: Digital Painting / Procreate

About the work: For this project, I took a lot of inspiration from vintage-style space posters and tried to create one for the Psyche asteroid. I also decided to add a small animation that shows the asteroid partially rotating to show off a few of the features of Psyche. I used procreate to create this artwork and really enjoyed dipping my toes in a little animation as it is something I have never done before. I also really enjoyed using the official colors of the Psyche Project as it challenged me to think creatively and use a color palette that I wouldn’t normally have chosen.

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