Quick brief

Thursday, 8 October 2015

Quick brief

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/25/server-data-centre-emissions-air-travel-web-google-facebook-greenhouse-gas

How Viral cat videos are warming the planet.

I thought of cats literally warming the planet up - by sitting on it and laying on it.
Then I looked at some Cat Videos to see the silly things they get up to, and based some drawings on these.

The top sketches I based on cats releasing the C02, In forms of gas and excrement.
The bottom show cats warming and playing with the planet.

A common prank was to ‘Bread’ cats, putting their face through a slice.
Grumpy Cat - a famous internet celebrity, is shown sitting on the
keyboard.

I chose to develop the cats playing with the planet.

As well as a few cats watching cat videos.

I chose to draw it in black and white using inks and ink pen, adding
texture with brushes.

I payed with some colour - a green to represent smelly gas. 

I worked 10:30 to 12:15 on this piece, and I’m pleased with the way it turned out. On the website, they show a computer data base system, as the article is more about the figures of emissions, but I wanted to show the absurdity of how watching cat videos, or any search on the internet, is linked to emissions. I actually have never thought about the energy needed to power computers and search engines, I suppose because you’re only looking at your screen and everything is wireless nowadays.

http://traveltips.usatoday.com/new-england-october-101429.html

What to Do in New England in October / USA TODAY 

Within the article, it mentions various things to do, including hot air ballooning, zip wire, wine tasting, moose watching and all sorts! I decided to try and combine them all in a composition.

The top, I looked at turning the grapes into hot air balloons.
The bottom - wine, balloons, moose and zip wire.

The centre image, I looked at drinking wine whilst listening to a jazz band, with hot air balloons over head.
Above, I decided to add a person in to put someone into the situation.

My final image - wine tasting. I added the bright foliage of autumn trees, and a moose looking longingly at the grapes. Someone zip wires above and hot air balloons pass over.
I feel fonder of the left hand composition and will look into editing it so it’s simply the grape vine and couple.
I added orange circle forms to the bottom right to symbolise the pumpkins and apple picking mentioned within the article.
I might alter the pose of the zip wire person as it looks a bit precarious.
I considered the moose being swapped for a jazz band, so another image may have to be drawn up!
I worked on this one quicker and i think it shows.