Never really sat down and asked myself, “What’s my identity?” Figuring out what to put on it was harder than actually doing it. I’m Puerto Rican, so I made half the face the flag, and made the star the eye because any way else and it wouldn’t’ve worked. You can’t really see most of what I put, but under the flag is the Bacardi Bat because the company moved to Puerto Rico from Cuba after a revolution and now its a PR thing. Above the flag is the coquí, adorable little frogs from PR who got the pokemon treatment because they are named after the sound they make. The left side of my face is a globe because I want to travel further than NJ. The mask is orange and purple to try to mimic the absurdity of vejigante masks created and worn during celebrations.
I tried for some teeth but that idea didn’t really work.
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