sketchbook

some of the beginnings of my sketchbook when i think my ideas are starting to all come together.

although one of the first drawings that i did, i think it set the stage and tone for what i want to achieve with my sketchbook and journal. the bear has a complacent expression, this is to insinuate that there is nothing that the bear can do, he isnt struggling, because he knows this is his fate and what happens in our society. i want this to envoke sadness to the viewer that the bear has lost hope.

i think this drawing is really powerful and raw. i wanted to express the emotion and i wanted people to see it reversed and be shocked. i think this drawing is also my starting point, where my journal has really started taking form of the ideas i want to portray.

not sure about these, they were kind of a mindless doodle that i don't think really fits my journal.

with these two i wanted to portray a childlike, naive aesthetic. i want the viewer to think that a child had done these drawings, insinuating that even a child knows that we are what is wrong with the world. we are the 'bad' in the world. i think having this naive theme is really effective for my work.

a little drawing about politicians after being influenced by the ongoings of the world. i think this drawing is quite ironic when you relay it to my theme, as politicians are the ones that are killing the foxes and here i am insinuating that they are foxes. almost like i am saying that the politicans are killing their own kind, which they are. we all belong on the world together.

some little collages that i did after reading through a newspaper and being influenced by the headings. i think college is something that i dont really try often, and i am not really that into it. i dont know why, it just isnt for me. but at least i tried, eh?

however, i do like the second image with 'change a life' because i think that it has a powerful message.

again with the insinuating that the politicians are foxes. i'm not exactly sure where my essay is going yet, so i'm just trying out lots of different ideas.

really love how these turned out! it was my first time using copics and i think the effect is stunning. i think this message is powerful, it insinuates that we are the same as animals, we have all the same parts. would you eat a human like you would an animal? some may say whats the difference? theyre both meat.