The challenge for this project was to create an informative poster about “something you cannot see”. The prompt was very open-ended so I decided to make my project about an extinct species: the Japanese Otter. I researched how they went extinct, where their habitats were located, their diets, how they lived and behaved with one another, and used all of my research to inspire a melancholic scene. I landed on a night scene, because Japanese otters were nocturnal, and made my poster center around their life and death, existence and extinction. Through a process of drawing, critiques, and revising, I pushed myself to make my poster give off the dreamy and mournful vibe I was trying to achieve.