My inspiration for this piece was solely what was written on the paper. Most of my fun designs on the flowers came from the person's interest in Persian rugs, so I took some designs from what I was seeing to include it. I used color pencils and Sharpie, in hopes that I could layer the color pencil to get rich warm colors, and I used Sharpie to ensure what needed to be black popped. In the end, I was hoping that my anonymous person could recognize my art was about them when seen. One main decision I had to make was how to make the background. I was torn between using yarn and actually sewing into the paper so something would pop, but eventually decided against it because it was time consuming and not coming out how I planned. Instead, I decided to draw yarn and color with colored pencils. It does not have the same effect unfortunately, but I think the bold red flowers take away from the background. If I could do anything differently, I would layer paper for the flowers so that something is 3-dimensional and helps my piece stand out more. The only research I conducted was looking at different photos of microbes for the pollen of the flowers and taking inspiration from various groovy Persian rugs. I think the most successful park of my work is the leaves on the corners, I am very proud on how those came out. The green leaves a good contrast from the rest because nothing else is green, so I believe it is the most successful.