In this piece, Psyche the goddess is caressing the asteroid 16-Psyche. The entire piece is digitally created, but it has a grainy finish, reminiscent of pencil markings. The color scheme is centered around pinks and purples.The goddess wears a light pink dress and has curly brown hair, whereas the asteroid is deep purple with blue and orange highlights. The background is composed of tiny stars and bulbous blue clouds.

Empathy

Christine Zhou

April 8, 2020

Major: Mechanical Engineering and Visual Art

Genre/Medium: digital, Adobe Photoshop

About the work: In the legends, the goddess Psyche was cursed by Aphrodite, who said Psyche would now fall in love with the most unworthy and disgusting mortal men. Meanwhile, 16-Psyche is thought to have undergone an extremely large collision that stripped it of many of its surface layers. Due to the tragedies the Psyches have experienced, I chose to depict Psyche the goddess caressing the asteroid, comforting it with her empathy.

Date Added: 05-08-2020
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Christine Zhou - Psyche Inspired

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