The Symbolism Of Imagery In Herman Melville's 'Bud'

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As an artist the main reason why I drew this symbolic art, is to explain the true meaning and depths of the main character, “Bud”. As to set the tone of imagery, of the art piece I present to you I had to go in a deeper meaning to show the true aspect. When drew a depiction of hell I used it to represent Bud’s struggle. As you notice in the far left there is a castle, which represents the journey that Bud is going through. As the little kid in bottom right is a symbol of Bud, you can see that he has a brown suitcase, which as you read in the book is what he always carries around. For me, to set the true image of the colors in the painting was confusing to do. Not only I had to decipher the puzzles in the back ground, I had to bring

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