Psyche Inspired: Joshua Meyer

Institution: Saddleback College

Major: Biology & Spanish

Psyche Inspired Class: 2022-2023

Reflections on Psyche Inspired

Reflections on Project 1: A Glimpse of the Metal World

A Glimpse of the Metal World

Joshua Meyer

November 28th, 2022

Major: Biology & Spanish

Genre/Medium: Digital Painting (Program: Procreate)

About the work: This piece showcases the initial excitement and inspiration that I felt when first learning about the Psyche mission, and the imagination that sparked because of it. I wanted to create an illustration of how Psyche might appear and showcase the asteroid’s cratered surface through the digital painting medium. I created this piece digitally using the program called Procreate. The process of creating it involved constructing several iterations of an initial sketch, then blocking in the shapes of the light and shadows, adding the color element to it, and finally further rendering anywhere that needed refining.

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Reflections on Project 2: Psyche vision

Psyche vision

Joshua Meyer

January 27th, 2023

Major: Biology & Spanish

Genre/Medium: Digital Painting / Procreate

About the work: This piece, which I’ve titled “Psyche Vision,” represents the drive and motivation being put into the Psyche mission, and keeping our eyes set on the ultimate goal. To represent this, I drew a human eye, using the color palette of the Psyche mission, and in the eye’s reflection the Psyche asteroid and orbiter are visible. I wanted to emphasize the connection between humans and our instinctive curiosity and drive, which is why I placed the asteroid in the position of the eye’s pupil. To create this piece, I used the Procreate application, where I drew a rough sketch of my composition. I then blocked out the parts that would be in shadow and the parts the would be in light. I wanted the right side of the image, the side to which the pupil is looking, to be illuminated with light to show how Psyche is a source of inspiration and motivation. I used the appropriate Psyche mission colors for the light and shadow, and finished the piece by adding highlights along various portions of the skin and the eye/asteroid.

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Reflections on Project 3: Creation of 16 psyche

Creation of 16 psyche

Joshua Meyer

April 3rd, 2023

Major: Biology & Spanish

Genre/Medium: Digital Painting / Procreate

About the work: For my third piece, I wanted to create an illustration based on the mythology of Psyche, and depict her in a dramatic yet delicate scene being illuminated by the 16 Psyche asteroid behind her. She is also surrounded by butterflies as they are flying toward the asteroid. Psyche is often associated with butterflies which is why I included them in this piece. I painted this piece digitally using the Procreate application. I created thumbnails, multiple drafts, until finally deciding on a composition which I then brought to completion.

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Mission Accomplished

Joshua Meyer

May 2nd, 2023

Major: Biology & Spanish

Genre/Medium: Digital Painting

About the work: My idea for this piece was to depict an image that represents the completion of the Psyche mission. Although this mission will not be sending astronauts to the asteroid, nor is the asteroid small enough to fit in the palm of a human, it is a symbolic piece. It symbolizes the ultimate goal of finally reaching the asteroid. I decided to make the asteroid illuminate a colorful array, which I chose to be colors similar to those of the Psyche Inspired logo. This piece started with a rough sketch, which I then refined into a draft and ultimately a final version. I painted it digitally using Procreate and a variety of different brush textures and colors.

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