Oceans
#OurPlanetWeek2022
Our oceans are trapped.
Every year I try to participate in this illustration challenge (#OurPlanetWeek) that supports a movement for the planet, through art. They post prompts for a week, and the whole community is pulled together to draw their versions of conceptualised illustrations for that week. For the prompt 'Oceans,' I could not help but feel that our oceans are trapped, however vast and far. There are very few patches of waterbodies on this planet that are untouched and unexploited by humans. This illustration brings that painful reality to the surface.
Our Planet Week illustration movement was founded by digital artist & illustrator Asia Orlando (@asiaorlando) in 2020, after a series of devastating events that took place during that year, among them, the fire in the Amazon’s and Australia’s bushfires. That’s how the idea of this illustration movement was born. The concept of the illustration movement is to use what we do best to create environmental awareness and start a movement that resonates each year. Their partnership with One Tree Planted, allows them to plant one tree for every illustration posted under #OurPlanetWeek.
