Resilience of Bullying Victims as Inspiration for Surrealist Style Digital Illustration
Keywords:
Bullying, Resilience, Illustration, Digital, SurrealismAbstract
Bullying in academic settings, particularly in college, has developed into a serious problem that impacts students' physical, psychological, emotional, and academic health. This phenomenon comes in various forms, ranging from physical, verbal, social, to cyberbullying, which often leaves long-term trauma. Victims often do not receive adequate support and experience prolonged psychological distress. To address these challenges, resilience is an important aspect that allows victims not only to survive, but also to recover and develop through psychological, social, and self-recovery strategies through the creation of surreal-style digital illustration works. The creation process includes three stages, namely pre-creation, creation, and post-creation, using iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and the Procreate app, and referring to the principles of fine art and symbolism theory. The piece "Trapped in a Nightmare" represents the state of being trapped in psychological distress, while "The Bloom After Shadows" symbolizes perseverance, growth, and inner peace through the representation of clocks, snails, and white lilies. Overall, this work contributes to the fields of digital art, psychology, and art education by showing that surrealist illustration can serve as a tool of unconscious representation and a medium of resilience. The limitations of the study lie in its personal nature and have not involved direct victim participation. For further research, it is recommended to involve respondents of bullying victims and conduct comparative studies with other art approaches.References
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