Sketches & Concepts ♥

  From some 'research' that I've done, the animals most affected by global warming are the polar animals or the animals that live on either ice-capped poles. Since global warming is causing ice to dissapear at an alarming rate these animals face habitat destruction, disrupted food supply and possibly future extinction. So, I basically chose four animals that represent the area; the polar bear, the penguin, the walrus and the seal. Originally wanted to choose a whale, but my illustrated whales just look like big fat blobs. :(


  Drew some simple sketches at first to familiarize myself with the basic anatomy and facial features of the creatures.

The polar bear. Mostly cubs, coz they're cute.

Emperor Penguin chicks ( ' v ')

Walruses

Some cute seals

  In my head, I have this idea of merging the animals with different type of ice-creams in a surrealistic way.

We all know that ice cream melts in hot conditions. So the whole concept of "melting animal shaped ice-creams" bet represent global warming and how it affects these creatures.

 So, here are the ice-cream images and the sketches i drew based upon them.

The very yummy popsicles inspired the polar bear sketch

Popsicle = Polar bear

Icy snow cones inspired the penguin

Sno-cone = Penguin

Refreshing twin ice lollies inspired the walrus

Twin ice lollies = Walrus

The basic ice cream cone inspire the seal

Ice Cream Cone = Seal

  So as you can see, I have merged the animals with the ice creams. I've also added some melt drops and teardrops to emphasize on the message of global warming. I have planned to place all four animals in one artwork by quartering the page something like Any Warhol's paintings.Bright colors will be used and I do not want to use black outlines, only the colors to differentiate the lines. On my future post, I will elaborate more on this and present more sketches. Till then, goodbye! ( This is a really long post! D:)