Digital
marine pollution psa posters
Deliverables: 3 Unified Public Service Announcement Posters
Methods: Photoshop Collage, Photography, Found Objects, Vector Illustration
I created 3 posters to spread awareness about the ecological destruction marine wildlife endures due to human pollution.
These posters needed to be Photoshop-Intensive to illustrate I can execute on a strong message with my own imagery.
Each poster features a marine animal constructed with plastic waste. These animals ingest plastic which is then carried down the food chain, exposing every living thing to microplastics and toxins which will never leave our systems.
Pelican
Methods: Scanography, photographing plastic objects and assembling in photoshop, vector illustration, and copyright-free photography.
Concept: Seabirds are among the most vulnerable creatures affected when it comes to plastic pollution. The Pelican was the first animal that came to mind when I considered this concept. I saw clearly how I could take the pieces of plastic and collage them into a very recognizable form- a pelican.
I wanted each scene to depict each animal in their natural habitat- like a snapshot. It didn’t need to be gory or somber. I wanted the viewer to see a normal scene from far away but the reality up close. This mirrors how much of the waste management process is invisible to us. We don’t think twice about the tons of waste we produce but these animals cannot avoid it because it lives inside them (and us).
Once you are close, you can begin to confront the reality. The Pelican is made of plastic and that plastic will never die. It will, however, kill the pelican along with over 1 million other seabirds.
Longfin Tuna
Methods: Scanography, photographing plastic objects and assembling in photoshop, vector illustration, and copyright-free photography.
Concept: the Longfin Tuna gave me the opportunity to color-sample in a way that would give even more of the illusion of normalcy from a distance.
Fish are ingesting microplastics, and we are ingesting fish. This scene is a little more eerie because the fish is beached. Growing up in South Alabama, I’ve been to Gulf Shores and Dauphin Island quite a bit. I’ve stumbled upon this scene while walking the shore more than once.
Sea Turtle
Methods: Scanography, photographing plastic objects and assembling in photoshop, vector illustration, and copyright-free photography.
Concept: The Sea Turtle is captured on the sea floor because unlike fish that float and drift to shore when they die, the sea turtle sinks. Unlikely to be discovered, this is another way the reality of destruction remains can remain overlooked and unseen.