For this piece, I stuck to using the statistics of 1 in very 54 people being autistic, and using the medium of animation, I sought to make the feeling of isolation and being a small part of a big world with this drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When designing this piece, I was inspired to recolor the whole project among all the other claims, which was a fair statement I could easily rectify. In this case, I decided to make the autistic symbol in the piece blue, representing the symbol for the Autism Speaks foundation, where I got the inspirational statistics. For the crowd, I made them grey to fit their hive mentality nature. Looking up the concept, most results I got represented the crowd in a bland generic grey. In terms of animation, I decided to manipulate the audience but keep the autist static, but make the crowd rushing like a river, sometimes overtaking the autist in the process. This not only implies that there are many more crowd members than I actually implemented, but further emphasizes how overwhelming they are compared to the singular autistic person. The Autist being stubbornly in place symbolizes his lack of a desire to bond, as one of the key symptoms of autism in all it’s forms is antisocial behavior. This is why it’s more of a stepping stone, ignored by the grey crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EDIT: The primary edit for this particular project was the interactive element, which takes the form of the text block. When you click on the square, it displays the text: Here is an Autistic Child. One in Fifty Four. This combined with the visuals makes the meaning loud and clear, this is a child that is completely surrounded, without another who understands them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SOURCE: https:\/\/www.autismspeaks.org\/autism-statistics-asd<\/p>\n\n\n\n