Cheltenham Illustration Awards

As I was trying to find more competitions I wanted to be a part of, when I was in the studio we were told that the illustration awards had started and that the theme was "Tales of the City". We we allowed free reign of how we wanted to create our own illustrations since they simply allowed us to interpret it as much as we want. For my submission I am focusing on a darker side of the city where crime is a major part considering crimes are more frequent within cities than out in small towns and villages. I have created a detailed pencil drawing of a scene of a road within a city. In this road it shows a police officer riding on a horse through the street with people walking by and in the building next to them. However what the policeman did not know was that every person in the image was committing a crime, such as doing drugs, stealing, armed robbery, and holding dangerous illegal items. However I rushed this drawing because it was close to the deadline which has made it look worse than I hoped it would.

Submission for Illustration Awards