Mended Heart

“Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.” - Patti Roberts

‘Designed with LOVE’ was conceived as an initiative when it felt like the world was falling apart. Divided and isolated by disease, the world was going through collective heartache, which left us all wondering what we can do to make a difference. That’s why it’s appropriate that Mended Heart by Anna Podratsky is the first piece in the ‘Designed with LOVE’ series. It depicts a community coming together, each individual helping to heal a collectively broken heart.

"For this design, I wanted to depict love displayed through charitable acts. Due to the current circumstances of this year, it is a time where we should be spreading love to our peers and to our community. I wanted to evoke the idea of extending those messages of love." - Anna Podratsky

Anna Podratsky

Anna is an illustrator from Atlanta, GA. Currently, she is going into her senior year at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She is majoring in communications art with a focus on commercial illustrator and storyboarding. Anna has a passion for visual storytelling and draws most of her inspiration from influential films. In the future, she wishes to find a career where she can pursue sequential imaging with a team of other creatives.