The leaf

My partner, Nchick25, created a square avatar, and on the inside, he drew the shape of a leaf. The thing that grabbed my attention was the leaf that he created because, to me, it showed a passion for nature. This grabbed my attention because it was such a simple design, and as my partner said, “Too much can be hard to focus on, and one is easy to zero in on”. With only one object, nature is the clear sign of what he loves most. His avatar grabbed my attention through simplicity and nature.  

My partner’s process for creating his avatar including making colors like green, black, and white, shine through. He used green to create the look of the summertime leaves, bright green and full of life. He also used black, to showcase the leaves’ outlines and possibly showing decay. Lastly, white was used in the background to make the object shine through without distractions, which also makes it simpler. He chose the leaf object to symbolize the love he has for nature.

My process of making my avatar was very different from that of my partners. I went the more colorful route, choosing many more colors, while he only used three. I filled out my entire avatar because I didn’t want to leave any space uncolored. While my partner, on the other hand, made one singular object and left the rest blank. I had many different symbols that can be taken many different ways, while my partner chose to only symbolize one thing, nature.

Some important quotes I would like to talk more about that my partner said are the following: I had asked him what about nature he enjoys the most, to which he said “It shows a whole new world of life” This is an extremely deep message, which can be broken down many different ways. A whole new world of life, just like the ocean, is something we humans don’t know enough about. Nature is truly fascinating, and my partner recognized that. I also asked my partner how he values a leaf, and his response was short and powerful. “Like a life,” my partner says a leaf represents life, seeing as they live their entire life on a branch until they fall off and start to decay. This is a great quote. In totality, my partner’s avatar represents nature as a whole and shows simplicity through his drawing. 

Avatar by: Nchick24@rsu4.net

“nature” by barnyz is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.