My initial inspiration was from a podcast episode I watched, "Episode: Thirty-Eight True Crime" on Violating Community Guidelines with Brittany Broski and Sarah Schauer. From this point, I used the interview phase to gauge people's perception of true crime and whether or not they felt the same way I did, in the sense that scripted true crime dramas exploit victims for entertainment. There was a general consensus that most people didn't think of scripted true crimes like this before, and subsequently agreed. There is lots of literature about true crime and how unethical the industry is, but there are not many visuals in the space. Through my exhibition or "doorway", I'm giving voice to the victims, their crimes made against them, their real stories, and them as real people.

In "How I See It", I've created 5 pieces: 1) a large-format infographic banner (compiles all of my research, statistics, history of true crime, true crime popularity, etc.), 2) a linocut poster for Teresa Halbach, 3) a linocut poster for Women Killed by Ted Bundy, 4) a linocut poster for Men Killed by Jeffrey Dahmer, and 5) a "Mega-Case Piece" (including: the linocut posters, victim's families quotes speaking out against these dramas, notable sayings, and branding). Throughout the work, I use vellum printed with title covers of each scripted drama that covers linocuts or important information. This signifies that these films value the killer's story over the victim's. In turn, the victims' become just a side character. Additionally, red is used sparingly, and if you notice, there is a red dot after TV series titles like "Making a Murderer [red period]" on those vellum sheets. It is used to signify unethical profit and is mostly seen on punctuation. Gold is used to highlight important facts or statistics.