Scholastics #2

The subject of my work is an Elephant and a Donkey. The drawing was made with finepoint pen and sharpie. I chose to create this because I love making animals and cartoons. What our project was to create a piece to represent a political problem, using editorial cartoons. I was going to originally just going to draw an elephant and donkey fighting, but I changed it to the fact that we are both the same. The hardest part about this was deciding on the background. I decided to make it red and white to symbolize the flag.

There was a meaning behind this piece, as "Sisi Ni Sawa" means "we are the same" in Swahili. Also, Swahili was the language used in the Lion King. Elephant and Donkey's are animals too... Thought I was clever with that one, haha. However... People think about art in many different ways. Anyone can take this anyway they want to.