Throughout the history of humankind, people have taken up increasing amount of space. As time goes on we have created a more mechanized, industrialized world. Little thought has been given to how we impact earth and nature until now. Recently, people have begun to look more into how we, as humankind, affect the plants and animals on our planet. This is what these pieces of artwork are about, how we affect the other living creatures on our planet.
I made five pieces of various animals that live all around the world. Unlike actual animals, the ones I created are made out of mechanical parts. The first is an octopus. In this drawing, the brain, an eye, and some of the tentacles are made out of robotic parts. The second drawing was of an owl, who is made entirely out of metal and gears. Although you can’t tell in the photo, even his eyes are mechanized. They are camera lenses. The third drawing is of a bee. Like the owl, he is completely mechanized. The penultimate drawing is of a snail. Like the previous two, he is completely robotic. However there are bits of him missing. A chunk of his shell has come off. In addition, there are two mufflers coming out of his shell polluting the air. The final drawing is of a crab. He is also falling apart like the snail, but more pieces are missing. One of his claws has come apart, a leg has fallen off, plates of metal are missing, and he’s rusting a bit in places. These pieces together make up my five theme pieces.
All the pieces were made using colored pencil and graphite except for the octopus. Each drawing was started using sketches of just the animal. This gave me an idea of how the anatomy and proportions of the animals. Getting the basics of the animal down was important because I then began to mess around with the parts of the animals, like what they were made out of. This process of understanding the anatomy of animal was especially important with the bee and crab. I had to understand how the different parts fit together to make the animal work so I could create a robot based on the animal that looked similar to the original. The next few steps of sketching involved the robotic bits. About two sketches were done in this process to make a design of mechanical parts that I liked. After coming up with a design I liked, it was recreated as a final. Some changes were made in this step, like small details. Once I drew the piece I colored it. Colored pencils were used for each piece except the first, the octopus, because it was taking too long to fill in the background with colored pencil.
These drawings were done to try to make a point about how increasingly industrialized the world is. Every year, species go extinct and the natural habitats animals make their homes are taken over by people. The octopus, which is the first drawing, is only partially robotic. By the last drawing, the crab, the subject of the drawing is completely mechanized, and is even falling apart. As humankind has grown as a race, the way it treats the natural habitat has gotten worse. Over time, nature is replaced by humankind and our inventions. Forests are replaced with townhomes and roads and cities and the animals and plants that once inhabited those areas are forced to either die or find somewhere else to live. Awareness of the issues people place on nature has increased, but the problem continues to grow. That’s what these drawings are about.
I made five pieces of various animals that live all around the world. Unlike actual animals, the ones I created are made out of mechanical parts. The first is an octopus. In this drawing, the brain, an eye, and some of the tentacles are made out of robotic parts. The second drawing was of an owl, who is made entirely out of metal and gears. Although you can’t tell in the photo, even his eyes are mechanized. They are camera lenses. The third drawing is of a bee. Like the owl, he is completely mechanized. The penultimate drawing is of a snail. Like the previous two, he is completely robotic. However there are bits of him missing. A chunk of his shell has come off. In addition, there are two mufflers coming out of his shell polluting the air. The final drawing is of a crab. He is also falling apart like the snail, but more pieces are missing. One of his claws has come apart, a leg has fallen off, plates of metal are missing, and he’s rusting a bit in places. These pieces together make up my five theme pieces.
All the pieces were made using colored pencil and graphite except for the octopus. Each drawing was started using sketches of just the animal. This gave me an idea of how the anatomy and proportions of the animals. Getting the basics of the animal down was important because I then began to mess around with the parts of the animals, like what they were made out of. This process of understanding the anatomy of animal was especially important with the bee and crab. I had to understand how the different parts fit together to make the animal work so I could create a robot based on the animal that looked similar to the original. The next few steps of sketching involved the robotic bits. About two sketches were done in this process to make a design of mechanical parts that I liked. After coming up with a design I liked, it was recreated as a final. Some changes were made in this step, like small details. Once I drew the piece I colored it. Colored pencils were used for each piece except the first, the octopus, because it was taking too long to fill in the background with colored pencil.
These drawings were done to try to make a point about how increasingly industrialized the world is. Every year, species go extinct and the natural habitats animals make their homes are taken over by people. The octopus, which is the first drawing, is only partially robotic. By the last drawing, the crab, the subject of the drawing is completely mechanized, and is even falling apart. As humankind has grown as a race, the way it treats the natural habitat has gotten worse. Over time, nature is replaced by humankind and our inventions. Forests are replaced with townhomes and roads and cities and the animals and plants that once inhabited those areas are forced to either die or find somewhere else to live. Awareness of the issues people place on nature has increased, but the problem continues to grow. That’s what these drawings are about.