Evolution of the musteloidea - Ventsislava Neykova

Evolution, raccoons and red pandas. This animation shows the evolutionary cycle and connection of these musteloidea animals. Although they are different from each other, research shows that they are very closely related and come from the same root family.

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Can't Stop Animal Nature - Lily Milan

Humans have trained dogs and specifically Labradors for centuries to follow our every command, however, their animals instincts are stronger at the end of the day. More in the Sequential Illustration page

Butterfly in the sheet music - Soo Choi

The Ulysses butterfly. I used sheet music imagery to show information about three ways butterflies communicate; physical action, sight and chemicals. The environment that the butterfly lives in and it's life cycle is also visualised and a repeat symbol shows the song is repeating.

Human Evolution; The Hominins - Chido

Homo Erectus, Homo Sapiens and Homo Neanderthalensis holding tools related to their era

Human evolution and the development of human history using three of the final stages of human evolution highlighting an item they would be holding, such as the Homo Erectus holding a wooden or quartz weapon, the Neanderthal holding a small axe, and the human holding a phone.

Moth's Dinner - Chloe O'Shea

Lino print narrative about a mischievous clothes-eating moth.

The Ringed-Tailed Lemur - Run lemur Run - Wuraola Ogunmowo

This work studies the movement of lemurs, the title is'Run Lemur Run' because lemurs in general are endangered animals in Madagascar. Their population rate continues to decrease every day and their lives have resulted into running away from their homes and finding it harder and harder to survive as well as keep their young alive. This is because of activities like deforestation, poaching hunting and even climate change.

Snakes in Captivity - Jake Killgallon

Snakes in captivity exploring snake welfare and the problems with the snake trade with around 70% of snakes dying before even reaching the stores. This outcome combines both the notions of captivity and freedom within one image, which can be viewed through two different colour filters, the red drawing can be seen in the blue filter and the blue drawing in the red filter.

Tiger Run Cycle - Jenna Beames

I researched big cats and their different characteristics and how this differs between each species. This lead me to settle on tigers, which are the largest of the big cats and are extremely powerful due to large musculature in their forelegs. I wanted to create a run cycle of a tiger with each movement broken down into about 21 frames.

Alice Fynn - Mimic Optopus

 

Zine and Augmented Artwork video

This zine is a children's book-inspired zine on the Mimic Octopus' predator evasion techniques which include mimicry, (colour and pattern) camouflage, burying, jet propulsion and the use of ink as a diversion to hide from and fool predators. The zine also shows how the Mimic Octopus hunts and aims to educate about these behaviours in a fun and engaging way, aimed at 5-9 year olds. The last page is augmented with animated imagery.

Food Chains Under Threat - Annie Heard

Page spread for a nature magazine - Food Chains Under Threat 

The intention for my project was to symbolise an ocean food chain within a single image, with the animals along the chain being afflicted by an environmental issue caused by humanity: the fish is caught in a fishing net to represent overfishing; the penguin has plastic can ring holders stuck around its neck to represent plastic pollution; and the orca is tangled in netting to represent both over-hunting and accidental entanglement. I wanted to signify that humanity is having a devastating effect on animals on every trophic level of the food chain and that this is causing an imbalance in the natural order, therefore threatening endangerment for many species.

AR experiment - See Kirsten's image through your phone using the Artivive app!

 

                             Artwork credit; Kirsten Randall

View the above artwork using the Artivive app to see it come alive

Ogre-Faced Spider Hunting Behaviour - Tara Hughes

 

I chose to theme my sequence around spiders as they are often represented as somewhat distasteful. They repel most people with their intimidatingly disproportionate bodies and legs. But the spider can be beautiful. Their webs are intricate structures that are used as skilful instruments to capture and entangle. My sequence is an expression of art and science, based on my research into contemporary and historic scientific illustrations.

Deforestation - Natasha Cole

 

For this project I started looking into orangutans and how their homes are being threatened by the mass production of palm oil.

Bats as Pollinators - Jazmin Johnson

Throughout this project, I researched bats and their importance within our ecosystem. I looked into many different conservations of Bats, and one which stood out the most to me was “Bats as Pollinators. This animated loop depicts the importance of pollination, and how “Bee’s have the day shift, Bats have the night shift”.

The Evolution of Pugs - Paige Y

This project is about the evolution of pugs, looking at why people believe they shouldn’t be bred any longer due to their breathing and bone issues.

The wild animal in your house - Teddy Hunter

I looked into domestic cats and how they have evolved to retain a lot of the characteristics and traits of their wild big cat cousins. I found out that compared to today’s domestic dogs cats haven’t changed much genetically from their ancestors. I wanted to show the two sides of the domestic cat in this zine, the wild and the tame and how they seem to coexist in our furry friends. I used both drypoint etching and ink and brush to create the two styles of illustration, joined together by dos á dos binding. There is a cat flap between the two sections to show the transition from wild predator to tame lap cat that happens with our domestic cats.

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