Shark fin soup is a very popular dish in Chinese cuisine and is a standard item on banquet menus. However, my sister and i have been boycotting this delicacy for several years now because shark finning is a cruel and unsustainable practice. So for my sister's wedding, i designed this card to explain why shark fin soup was absent from the menu and to educate wedding attendees about shark finning. Although a realistic, gory depiction would likely have been more effective in deterring people from consuming the dish, i decided to keep the design cute and pleasant - this was a wedding afterall!
This is the much reworked final version of
the illustration i started a year ago...
say no to shark fin soup!
adobe photoshop CS4 + paintTool SAI 1.01
background textures from
CGtextures.com
We printed 250 of these suckers (10pt coated, 4x6"), but i forgot to get one for myself...! D:
Here is one of my cards in action! :)
For more information on shark finning, please visit
www.sharkwater.com
say no to shark fin soup!
8 comments:
I was thinking of making one like the one I used to leave at restaurants for swordfish, but this is better than anything I could have created. Can you share the file?
In fact, do you have one in Chinese, since most customers who order it will be Chinese? I would just like to share it with the local Chinese restaurants as a non-aggressive way of asking them to consider taking shark fin soup off the menu. Kudos to you for getting on board!
Hi Donna, I would be happy to discuss the fee for the use of my card design. Please feel free to contact me via email: huijoyce@gmail.com!
Hi Joyce,
it is a very nice card you made there =)
i have promoted your card in my FB group if you don't mind..
please check it out at http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=170648432966127&set=a.145130282184609.21116.139873332710304
@ Alicia: Thanks for promoting my work! That's a great FB group you've got going, I hope more people become educated about the realities of shark fin soup. Best of luck with the group!
Joyce, I love your work. Can I have your permission to share this on my website www.congratulafins.org which promotes fin free weddings?
Hi Christina, I've replied to you via email. :)
Aww, that Chinese girl is so cute.
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