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!!! ;)

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:)