Earth Day
#OurPlanetWeek2022
The Earth is a self sustaining eco system.
Every year I try to participate in this illustration challenge (#OurPlanetWeek) that supports a movement for the planet, through art. They post prompts for a week, and the whole community is pulled together to draw their versions of conceptualised illustrations for that week. For the prompt 'Earth Day,' only vastness & immensity flooded my mind. The rare rock of a planet that the Earth is, within this universe, only fills my heart with wonder and magic every time I stop to think about it. And so what culminated into this illustration was the undeniable beauty that this planet is. The human hand merely symbolises how we as a species foolishly believe that we can control it.
Our Planet Week illustration movement was founded by digital artist & illustrator Asia Orlando (@asiaorlando) in 2020, after a series of devastating events that took place during that year, among them, the fire in the Amazon’s and Australia’s bushfires. That’s how the idea of this illustration movement was born. The concept of the illustration movement is to use what we do best to create environmental awareness and start a movement that resonates each year. Their partnership with One Tree Planted, allows them to plant one tree for every illustration posted under #OurPlanetWeek.
