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Tundra Room Wall (1 of 2) - Antarctica

This is one of two walls designed for the Tundra Room, based on the Antarctic. I really wanted to draw penguins and I also wanted to make sure I kept the northern and southern hemisphere animals on separate walls. Species include: Antarctic Tern, Emperor Penguin, Adelie Penguin, King Penguin, Rock Hopper Penguin and an Orca.

Tundra Room Wall (2 of 2) - Canadian Arctic Tundra

This is one of two walls designed for the Tundra Room, based on the Canadian Arctic. I wanted to show other animals than penguins and that not all arctic is just ice. Species include: Boreal Caribou, Polar Bear, Narwhal, Atlantic Walrus, Lemming, Muskox, Arctic Fox, Rock Ptarmigan, and a Snow Bunting.

Ocean Room Ceiling

This is one of my favorite parts of the whole project, the mom and baby Humpback whales on the ceiling of the Ocean Room.

Ocean Room Wall (1 of 2) - Pacific Ocean

Ocean Room Wall (2 of 2) - Pacific Ocean

Desert Room Wall (1 of 2) - Sonoran Desert

Desert Room Wall (2 of 2) - Saharan Desert

Desert Room Ceiling

Jungle Room (1 of 2) - Amazon Rainforest

Woodlands Room (2 of 2)- Sierra Nevada Mountains

Jungle and Woodlands Room Ceiling

Pets Room Ceiling

Pets Wall (1 of 2) - Dog Park

Pets Wall (2 of 2) - Neighborhood

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Helen Woodward Animal Center came to me needing custom art for their six habitat-themed classrooms for their state-of-the-art Humane Education Campus opening summer of 2025. The classroom themes are: Tundra, Jungle, Woodlands, Pets, Desert and Ocean. I researched areas of the globe and found about 220 animal species to ensure the children coming to these educational programs could learn and identify the proper animals from those ecosystems. I enjoy researching and learning about animals, so this project was very exciting! I based my art on the Sierra Nevadas, Sonoran and Saharan Deserts, Great Barrier Reef, Pacific Ocean, Canadian tundra, Antarctica, and the Amazon Rainforest. I used my family's and friends dogs as reference for the Park classroom art. I sadly lost my dog Pepper a day before this project was due, he is the black dog on the top right corner of the Park art. If you ever visit this facility, it is quite an experience and each classroom is immersive. I wish I was a kid coming here! I also designed the signage as a seperate project for this campus. Don't forget to look up when you see the classrooms, I also designed custom ceiling art! I created all of the art on my tiny laptop on Photoshop, it was then printed on wallpaper material and applied to the wall.