After researching the relevant information and defining my goals and criteria, I started carrying out the design process. I began with brainstorming a topic for my design. I wanted my topic to be something that  I felt was important to bring awareness to and that would serve to provide a message that confronted a problem in society. Some of my initial ideas were climate change, Corona virus, mental illness awareness or black lives matter. I made a list of the pros and cons of each topic and initially decided on black lives matter. After moving on to the next stages of my project, however, I ended changing this topic due to the fact that I didn't want to misrepresent the movement or use it as a trend. Because of this, I ended up switching to the topic of wildfire awareness, as the state I come from in the US (Colorado) was experiencing severe wildfires at the time. After I had settled on this topic, I developed a list of words and design concepts to consider for my final design. I ended up deciding on a flaming butterfly as the central part to represent the wildlife that is effected by wildfires. I wanted to use the Colorado hair streak butterfly as a reference for my design however I ended up deciding on a swallowtail as it was an easier and more distinct choice. I also wanted to add a written message to my design and after much contemplation I decided on the message "the butterfly effect: a spark can cause a flame" as I wanted to stick with the butterfly theme and also promote people to think twice before lighting any sort of fire in the forest. After I developed my concept, I moved on to the actual sketching phase and drew out my design with a pencil and a ruler on a piece of paper. After perfecting it, I imported my design to a digital platform and traced over it on an iPad. The aspect of designing that proved to be most difficult, however, was adding color to my design. I spent a few weeks experimenting with different combinations and styles and ended up settling on an opaque red, orange and yellow theme. After, I finally finalized my design I added text in a standard times new roman font and sent out a survey to help me decide where to position it. After I received the results of the survey, I ended up deciding on putting the text on the front of the shirt under the butterfly design. Finally, I researched a platform upon which I could apply my design to an actual sweatshirt and although the quality of the sweatshirt I produced ended up being less than I would have liked, I feel that the website I used (spreadshirt) was a good decision as it was cheaper than a lot of other sites. In general I am satisfied with the end result and although their are a number of things I would improve upon or change, I feel that my final product is a adequate representation of the work I put in.