This creation explored the use of the printmaking creation style and the theme of “The Body Code to convey the illustrator’s diverse life changes and mental states. Using the illustrator’s personal living environment, the interactions and changes between the illustrator’s own body and the environment were recorded and observed in a microcosmic manner. These findings served as a starting point for creative thought and enabled exploration of the illustrator’s personal inner world. From this, the illustrator could then confront the inner self and discover the personal subconscious. Spiritual and mental concepts, as well as other emotions, were incorporated with medicine, herbs, body lesions, blood, and other elements and used as creative material. The entire progression of a disease from beginning to end was transformed to present emotions and experiences to create this work.

This thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter is an introduction which includes the motive and objective for creation and research. Literature analysis, observational research, creation research, and other practical methods are used to interpret and explain various objects and organize a framework for creation research. The second chapter, “Academic Basis” elaborates on personal memories of disease treatment. Using medical and traditional treatment perspectives, the principles and context regarding resistance, immunity, and other concepts are used express life and care for nature. Historical artists who suffered from physiological and psychological hardships are also explored and the works that were created from their struggles are used to gain insight. Finally, relevant artistic schools, aesthetics, and arts therapy during the process of artistic creation are discussed.

The third chapter, “Art Creation”, expounds on the concepts, content, and form of creation, as well as the media and techniques that were used. The use of printmaking to convert thoughts, lesions, and other feelings into an impetus for creation is also described. In addition, the qualities and meaning of the artwork are presented. The fourth chapter, “Artwork Interpretation”, mainly analyzes the “Butterfly Rash series” and the “Metanoia series”. The contents of these works are explained, and their creation themes are deciphered. Lastly, the fifth chapter, the conclusion, reflects and examines the experience and outcomes of creation and research. Further creation and exploration of life realizations and microcosmic objects are also used as creative inspiration, integrating the functional extensions and development of artistic therapy.