My AP Drawing Portfolio

THE SUSTAINED INVESTIGATION: A 15-IMAGE MONTAGE OF THE THEME

In the human-animal relationship, how does the situation that they are placed in determine who takes the role of the predator versus prey? As humans, we tend to consider ourselves superior compared to the animal kingdom. Through our technological advancements and collective power, we usually take the position of the predator. However, these advantages can actually harm us in the future, often placing us in dangerous situations with negative consequences on both animals and ourselves. I explore how this power dynamic changes, calling attention to its implicit effects on both entities. 

I started my sustained investigation by practicing depicting human-animal relationships that currently exist, such as predatory hunters and the impact of ocean pollution on fish (1-6). Next, I experimented by exploring more extreme forms of this relationship, exaggerating the consequences of an advantage one species has over the other, as seen through the noose over the turtle, and the detached pig (7,8,9). Finally, I revised my ideas by envisioning the outcome of a reversal of the traditional roles of predator and prey, focusing on the consequences if animals took control of us and our resources (10,12-15).