First (failed) attempt
Second (more successful) attempt
Cultural Declaration piece about the environment for Advanced Illustration class. There were some AMAZING works coming out of my classmates, but you unfortunately get to only see mine, which I'm quite happy with (once I started over).
As you can see, the first just had too many colors that started to get muddy and you just lost a lot of the imagery. Was just working it too much.
The second one is more striking with the minimal and strong colors. The whole concept can speak in different ways. The figure (recognize her??) can be seen as human or as a depiction of Mother Nature. Faintly in the background, there are plants dying all around her. One last one is trying to make it's way to life, but some of the hurt and bleeding is starting to seep into it's soil. We are tied to the earth, and as we slowly poison and kill it, we kill ourselves. I don't want it to be optional, I want this image to say "This will happen. Save the earth and save yourselves".
Comments made in class today gave me ideas to strengthen the imagery, so if I ever rework it, I will post it again.
