This project was my first design project during my introduction to design class in 2021. The goal of this project was to create a poster that raises awareness for an animal assigned to us at random from a list of currently endangered species.
I was assigned the Eastern Lowland Gorilla. I started with researching this species of Gorilla to find a way to portray them in a way that could bring awareness and increase empathy for the animal. I decided to go with a mother gorilla and her child and light pinks and purples to convey the sense of motherly love and nurturing. I started with drawing 100 sketches of gorillas and 50 sketches of their natural habitat before developing this idea and creating this vector poster in Illustrator.
