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    I recently traveled to Saskatchewan and visited homeless shelters for women. I volunteered at one and that is when I first saw the real horrific wounds of domestic abuse. I saw a young women with two children feeding her youngest with a very dark purple black eye. It shocked me to see this and it saddened me. I also saw a woman who could not stop crying in her room because of abusive relationship nightmares. I talked to an ebony woman who told me she never felt like she could stay in one place for too long and was always afraid of being touched and she wondered how she could ever share a bed with someone. She might randomly scream in the middle of the night or get in a fight without much thought. She confided in me and expressed that she prays every night and wishes for all of this trauma to go away. She just wants to be a normal person with a normal life and maybe meet a normal future husband and have kids. 

    In my room I noticed it was a lot nicer than in some other shelters, I think they did a fine job making the building accessible and comfortable for single mothers, kids and women. That night I was exhausted and crawled into bed and reflected on everything that I had seen and been through. I know Jesus Christ does not like women to be abused. I feel like certain devils don't care and others do. Why are some people magnets and why do good women die when they have been through so much hell that they didn't deserve? People have told me lots of stories to try and explain things but honestly I am not super sure what is true anymore. I think the bad guys who don't learn their lessons should be weeded out so they don't inflict any more pain on the good. I leave it in the hands of God to judge and organize. I am just a servant who also has her own batch of injuries but it seems like the more we suffer, the more we understand other peoples' sufferings if not always their successes. I am happy for those that overcome, but it's still a mystery to me how God evaluates things.

    I know Canada cares about the vulnerable. I know God watches over the people as well. I am proud to be Canadian, I just wish I wasn't so weak sometimes. Caring is a super power but it needs protection just like anything in this world. 

    

    Later that week I went home and worked on poster advertisements and a website mock up for women shelter concepts as my final project for the advance advertisement class.

I created a Tattoo Magazine replica

    This lesson took a lot of imagination and focus. I had to first, figure out what to make the magazine about in Adobe InDesign. I sent messages to my friends trying to figure out what might interest me. My friend Lee told me that the trans issue was one that was close to his heart because he is a transgendered man. I immediately sensed his bravery and courage and was moved. I decided to interview him but I needed a second topic to talk about in my magazine...My cousin is a tattoo artist and he also messaged me online and told me he would not mind if I interviewed him. Fantastic! I love tattoos. I have some myself. I was inspired by these two people and merged everything together. My magazine would be about tattoos and how they affected my friend Lee and Guyli, my cousin. It would tell Lee's story and the other article would tell the story of my up and coming tattoo artist cousin.

    I was lucky enough to be able to score photos from Lee of his tattoos and Guyli allowed me to take the pictures of his tattoo art and some of him from his Instagram. Then I created the back cover of my tattoo magazine and then the spine, and then the front cover in the traditional layout that goes to print style. Back, Spine to Front. I made the tattoo magazine title logo. I thought "Tattoo Lifeline" was an appropriate title. My cousin let me use all his flash tattoo art to make the wallpaper art that I used as a front and back cover. His art is really cool and has a subtle profound meaning, plus it's very creative and cheeky with modern icons. The back cover has the Winnipeg Tattoo Show ad and at the top is my own original art. I just wanted something that kind of went well together. Then I made the inside contents. It has a letter from the author, me, to the readers. Then the table of contents. Then Lee Sousa's interview with photos. The interviews have ads near them as was required for this assignment. Then it's my cousin Guyli's interview. Then the next page also has pictures of him and his tattoos. I also had to attach a magazine style guide and that is at the end. 

Disclaimer: I believe that being a Christian includes the act of being a friend and a friend listens and empathizes. Everyone sins. "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Luke 5:32, and in Mark 12:31 "‘Love your neighbor as yourself." We all matter to Jesus Christ no matter who we are and what we do. Christians can change the world by being compassionate. I do think prayer is important and powerful and I pray almost every night for all of my friends.

    

    Below are pictures of my tattoo magazine concept. If you would like to view it you can if you click this sentence, please keep in mind that it will show you the back cover first, spine and then the front cover.

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A wallpaper collage of Guyli's Flash Tattoo Art

This tattoo magazine inspired my design

My original painting