Throughout 13th african american people are referred to by people as 'super predators'. The term implies that they are of a violent and unhuman nature , which they are obviously not. So from this I wanted to find an animal that would best show this predator , a wolf. The lino cut at the top makes a reference to the super predator but also I did some rough sketches within the teeth/bars of people, referring to mass incarceration. I love the bold effect of lino and the mark marking involved in it. With more development I think that this idea could have potential but I need to make the people much clear.
Here, I did a mono print of a quick idea I had of making it a bit more clear that I am tackling a prison issue. Dressing the wolf in prison uniform and chaining him up. Im not sure about this though. I prefer the previous idea it is more symbolic and would allow the reader to decode it. Also by just having the head and smaller details with in that make the image more interesting.
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