Everyone knows what winter feels like in Syracuse. You know that wind and snow is very real. It's intense here. So I felt like it was a topic I could relate to.

I think I'm a city person. I come from a small city, and I like cities. I'm not into bugs. I am not a nature person, but I do like to draw trees. I like how the trees make patterns, which was my first thought for the image—to do something with trees and nature. I feel like I merged the two identities pretty well. I have two girls that look like they're from the city. They have curly hair, which I do also, so I put a little bit of myself in there. And then I just tried to make the nature part look cool. I'm exploring patterns in my work now because of this poster, such as the repetition of the trees.