Final Concepts

  So, basically I'm gonna stick to the previous sketches of the melting animals. I think it presents a very clear and straightforward message regarding global warming issue. The four animals, namely the polar bear, the penguin, the seal and the walrus will all be placed in one page, each occupying a quarter of the space. This layout approach is clearly reminiscent of the pop art movement, where the illustrations are placed in their respective 'windows' or are repeated in a orderly manner.

I have chosen this picture as a source of inspiration.(Source)

Hence, i drew the respective animals on equal portions of grids on the paper. Made some changes to the seal as i thought the mouth part in the previous versions looked weird. So i chose to omit the mouth and added a pair of cute seal ears.

 The animals will all be roughly the same size to emphasize the equality. Also decided on some colors and textures that I will be using later. The colors would be vibrant and bright in accordance to pop art. And I have decided o not put any outlines on the animals themselves, instead, I will try to use the colors to create contrast and dimension, similar to the lip reference picture above.

This the the raw final sketch that I will use as a guide in designing and coloring in Photoshop later. Am still undecided on whether I should include any wording or message in the artwork. We'll see how it goes. I really hope this turns out like what I imagined in my head! Wish me luck!!! ;)