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carrying on from my other drawings, i really like the idea of animal-human role reversal and incorporating banksy quotes into my work. i think this really shone in these drawings.

i think these turned out really good and i'm pleased with them. they have the cute aesthetic that i was looking for but also with the dark message behind them. i think they have an element of humour to them, although the subject is very dark. using copic was a bit of a mistake as it went through the page of the other drawing (live and learn!) so for the other rabbits i used watercolour which i think works effectively. 

starting drawing up this idea but wasn't really liking it that much. might try something more with it but not sure. i don't think it's really working for the aesthetic that i wanted to portray. 

this was my first really successful drawing tying banksy quotes in with animal cruelty! this was a real turning point for me and i think it really showed me how banksy quotes can relate in this way. the image is insinuating that the rabbit's dreams are cancelled, as it can't have dreams because it's going to be made into a fur coat. i would like to try out drawing this image again, possibly incorporating a cage.

another drawing which i think really shone with the banksy quote. i think the drawing doesn't really fit it that much and could be worked on, but i think the theme of the drawing does really relate to the quote. 

decided to draw a banksy quote without incorporating the animal cruelty. however, i dont think this image has much of a message to it and i don't really like it. it's not what i've been trying to say and doesn't really work with the other drawings i've done. i just wanted to try out some other things too in the middle of doing my chosen theme.

more drawings of the little bear which was one of the first drawings that i did. as he was a polar bear i also wanted to show that animal cruelty doesn't just stem from abusing an animal, but also neglecting the earth can really effect animals. for instance, global warming. i got this idea for global warming after seeing one of banksy's pieces 'i dont believe in global warming' as i think it is still a really important subject.

just another banksy quote that i found really influential. it really spoke to me. 'disturb the comfortable' is a message that i am really trying to portray. the comfortable people wearing their fur coats and non-CF mascara which got stabbed into a rabbit's eye. although i like the quote, i'm not sure the typography that i did really works with what i'm trying to portray. just writing words isn't really what i wanted to do, but use visual.

another instance of animal-human reversal. this time using littering as the subject. as when you litter, for example, your coke can holder it can end up choking a small animal as  they are confused and adventurous. animals don't know what these things are. i do like the image and i think it almost looks like she's trying to do a fashion statement, like coke holder necklaces are the new in thing.

key essay quotes

"Propaganda has been around for many years, and has been used as a platform for Artists and Illustrators to produce work relating to the views and opinions of an individual."

"Animal cruelty is a subject that many Illustrators rise to, using their talents to express the struggles that animals cannot express themselves."

"Hogarth said ‘there is no part of my works of which I am so proud… because I believe the publication of them has checked the diabolical spirit of barbarity to the brute creation, which, I am sorry to say, was once so prevalent in this country’. Some might say Hogarth believes that his Illustrations didn’t play a large enough role in stopping cruelty, but instead just showed it for what it really is."

"Illustrators often take influence from these posters in the creation of their own designs, a lot of them utilising these alarming and distressing themes to catch the attention of their audience."

"What Ellul is saying is that propaganda first comes from a will for it to be made, there is no propaganda unless there is an idea that drives it."

"Illustrators use propaganda as a way to invoke emotions into their audience, as the IPA said, psychologically manipulating the viewer’s opinion."

"These acts of unity from the Illustration community show how propaganda doesn’t have to be seen as a form of aggression, but a form of peace and concord."

"This shows how sometimes Illustration is just raw powerful emotion that comes from one individual and ends up affecting millions of people."

"Meaning he just wanted the Illustration to speak for itself, not to make money from."

"This is showing a different kind of role that Illustration plays, sometimes harsh words and sarcasm are needed in order to get across the right point and to make people listen."

"We can also see the success of Illustration and propaganda as influential political tools within the work of Banksy who, as previously discussed throughout this essay, uses his well-known visual signature to draw attention to prominent issues within contemporary society."