collective noun idea: developing visually communicating idea.

to experiment with the concept of animal collective nouns i picked nouns which i thought were the most particular and thought of ways i could visually communicate them. i want to make the illustrations humorous. 

mob of emu's 

i used the image of a snapback cap to visually communicate a 'mob'. i really like the technique of colour card combined with fine liner drawing, i think it gives the illustration depth and makes the different components (hat and emu) stand out. 

parliament of owls 

here i have developed the cut paper idea further by just using different colour paper to collage rather than adding pen detail. i like the fact this idea has character design and is a simpler style, however i think my strength lie better in detail.

troop of monkeys.

i reverted back to using fine liner in this experimented and adding watercolour instead of card to add the colour to the image. i like the contrast between the colour and the black fine line, like the first experiment.

knot of snake.