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.

The many colours of an octopus - Rebecca Jenkins

For this project I chose to focus on octopi and the way they change colour. My aim was to create an animation that would be shown in an aquarium as it is specifically aimed to educate children in a fun way. I made this animation on Procreate and used traditional and digital medium to give it the textured feel that can be seen. My animation includes an octopus that is changing colour to help it blend in with its surroundings to avoid being eaten by a hungry sperm whale in the distance.

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

Rimi Dudhia- Animal Cruelty

I explored the topic of animal cruelty, specifically how it affects rabbits, which is my chosen animal for this project. Animal cruelty is a big problem we face to this day where we see animals being harmed and experimented on for consumer products such as makeup products and household cleaning products. Rabbits are the most used animals for testing as they are the most gentle and well behaved animals.

I had decided to incorporate this topic of animal cruelty with rabbits into my final piece. My final piece of artwork is simple, yet portrays a clear storyline of how easily rabbits are abused for experiments. The blue background towards the outside draws attention to the actual topic going on in my piece. The rabbit quickly goes from a healthy state to an unhealthy state as it is experimented on.

Octopus Meets Sushi Chef- Oren Somers-Baines

 
I had lots of fun and boring options of an octopus swimming or crawling but wanted to add another animal and take him away from his natural habitat and do the end of the food chain for him. Luckily he's a smart one and is shown dodging the knife. I wanted to show the struggle and urge that the octopus has against the pain and inevitability of painful death. Octopus are very intelligent creatures - not only do octopus experience physical pain when abused, they are capable of feeling emotional pain. Imagine seeing your fellow octopus being dismembered and you're next - just feel its inhuman on the octopus to be killed alive like that.

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 Butterfly Effect - Sara Gica

 For my final project I chose to research butterflies, their life cycle ( how they are born as caterpillars then undergo metamorphosis), and their symbolism in the widely known theory, The Butterfly Effect. The theory states that even the smallest changes somewhere can prompt significant changes elsewhere. For my project I tried to represent this idea visually by having a butterfly emerge from its cocoon, fly over Earth, surpass the Solar System and the Milky Way galaxy. The butterfly itself is a metaphor for change and transformation, and once it has emerged from its cocoon it just flies as far as it can, similar to how many changes that occur on Earth can have impact on the larger Universe as a whole.

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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