A woman in a white dress with her hand raised up to reach out is standing on a platform in outer space, about to come into contact with the big Psyche asteroid. While not to scale, it represents the fact that we humans are reaching out into outer space to investigate this asteroid. A silhouette of the Psyche spacecraft is set behind both the human and asteroid subjects, with other planet silhouettes trailing behind the asteroid to suggest that this is set in outer space.

Human Psyche

Carissa Tinoco

Date: April 26, 2019

Major: molecular environmental biology

Genre/Medium: adobe illustrator

About the work: This ethereal piece illustrates a woman coming into contact with the Psyche asteroid. The woman represents the goddess of the soul, after whom the asteroid was named. She also represents the people that have come together to take part in the Psyche mission. While she is symbolically reaching out to touch the asteroid, we are reaching out into space to investigate this asteroid. This was a fun piece to make as I got to play around with color theory.

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Date Added: 04-26-2019
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Carissa Tinoco - Psyche Inspired

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