Throughout the year I have researched and investigated the theme of distortion and have cultivated my own perspective of what that means. I have a particular interest in unconventional forms of distortion and accordingly have portrayed a non-binary figure disfigured by body modification in the form of tattoos and piercings. This is a successful presentation of distortion as the body is viewed through a new lens, playing on the distorted assumptions one might make purely based on the expression of body modification. Furthermore, I have presented my figure as non-binary to highlight judgment of the body and the insignificant role gender plays in the respect