Blooming Everywhere: Tales from Military Brats

Blooming Everywhere is a booklet that pairs original illustrations with testimonials from several "Military Brats." This project was done in order to bridge the communication between Military Brats and those that surround them. This is a 28 page booklet done with InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator. 

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I Can Handle It: his piece represents the fact that you strain to hold on. There’s this constant battle of holding on while things around you are melting apart. The vibrant red is first introduced in the booklet with this piece. It is representative
Citizen of the World: As a Military Brat, we float around like dandelions in the wind, accepting our fate that we plant roots wherever we may land. From this we belong everywhere and nowhere all at once. We accept that we are citizens of the earth. I
World Culture: Culture played a big part in my childhood, and even more, every Military Brat. I had the opportunity to explore and immerse myself in a multitude of various cultures, both across the country and worldwide. As a Military Brat, we gaze u
Population 0: One of the hardest questions for me to personally answer is ‘Where are you from?” It feels like a lie whatever I answer. This piece was inspired by that question. As a Military Brat, I grew up in 9 different places. There is ambiguity b
Running Out of Time in the Metaphysical Garden of Life: The average time frame of being in one place before your parent gets orders to a new station is 2-3 years. This meaning that as Military Brats, we only have 2-3 years to make connections with pe
Trapped on the Outside: One of the downsides of being a Military Brat is we may not always feel like we belong. Constantly moving place to place where everyone there has had there established group since they were in kidnergarten makes us feel trappe
Friends Forever, I Promise: A pinky promise is something that is commonly used among childhood friends. It is representative of having that childlike ‘faith’ if you will. Behind the hands, “A Time to Talk About Friendship”, a poem by Robert Frost is
Inconsistently Combined: As a Military Brat, your life is full of consistent inconsistency. You will most likely move consistently, however, the places you go are not consistent. The fact that you will meet new people is consistent, however, who they
Bottled Up Skeleton: The concept of this illustration was inspired by two sayings: “bottling up your emotions” and “skeletons in closets.” One of the common things that Military Brats undergo is learning to cope with all of the moving and constant ch
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