ORCA
ANIMAL BRAND
This is a personal project I did during a workshop. I chose to make a logo of an orca after watching the documentary "Blackfish" (highly recommended). When I was a child, there was an orca called Ulisses at the Zoo of Barcelona. I used to go to see the spectacle and dreamt about becoming an orcar's trainer. The pool was too small for that orca so he was moved to San Diego's Sea World. I've always remembered that. Seeing the documentary made me realize the horror that this kind of animals suffer in such small pools and the pain they feel in captivity. They are smart and never killed or attacked a human in their natural environment, that's why I don't like to call them killer whales. I realize how stupid was the idea of becoming a trainer, and how we used to perceive as normal having this kind of spectacles. Of course I was too young to see it, but the documentary really touched me. That's why I chose to draw and orca, not because it's not my favorite animal, but because it means something. They are beautiful and majestic and the black and white colors of their skin allowed me to create a simple silhouette.
