With an unavoidable apocalyptic disaster en route for Earth, humanity must find a way to continue to live on. Colonisation of another planet is out of the question; any possibly habitable planets are too far away to conceivably reach. Thus humanity has had to resort to second best: a digital recreation of the Earth as it is now.
Scanning centres have been opened in major cities offering brain scans to ensure that you “live on” within the simulation, with it being publicly announced that children are being given priority in this process. Uproars of civil unrest arise as the public soon realises that there will not be enough time for everyone to be uploaded before disaster arrives whilst others some don’t want humanity to become what essentially amounts to a glorified A.I. . Nevertheless, the process continues, with hopes that as many people as possible are able to be uploaded into Terra Two, and launched into space on a satellite before the Earth meets its end.
Humanity will live on, even if they are not quite as human as before.
Evaluation:
Overall, I really enjoyed how this project turned out – in fact it was probably my favourite brief out of the bunch. I, in particular, really enjoy the overall composition of the piece. I think everything within the illustration works well together visually and overall creates a cohesive looking image that is pleasing to look at. I am also happy with the theme that I decided to go with – I think it’s a very interesting topic in and of itself, but even more so when trying to depict it visually.
However, I do think that I could have done better in trying to show what my narrative is. The way it is now, it could be interpreted in several ways, which is not necessarily a bad thing but not what I wanted here. In particular, it could be difficult to tell what the pixelated part of the image is trying to say, so if I were to do it again I would try to make it more obvious.
Furthermore, for the pixelated sections, I think it would have helped if I didn’t use a converted illustration – instead just drawing the sections out initially as pixel art. In doing this, I would have been able to define certain shapes within the image better – the parts that didn’t convert well to being pixelated. Drawing with pixel art is similar to drawing normally, but there are aspects such as this which can decide whether or not you can actually tell what the drawing is. Knowing this, I would most definitely use this method if I were to do something similar to this again in the future.