Editorial Cartoon : Pro-Life Hypocrisy

by Eirini Schoinas

Many states, specifically ones with right-wing politicians in power, have been recently trying to pass abortion bans, and I think as a young woman this issue is especially important to me. I wanted to highlight one of the many hypocrisies surrounding abortion and share my opinion on the. Ultimately, this issue is so impactful that it felt especially important to comment on.

I started by sketching this cartoon along with a couple others trying to get my ideas down. I used references for the different things I drew but would pretty quickly stop looking at them. I tried to mostly fill the space. I decided to keep it black and white so the colors would not distract. I used symbolism, with the elephant as well as a little bit of exaggeration. I made sure to use some labels in order to make it less confusing.

I learned a lot about the artistic process as well as how to make a carton understandable. I had to try to make my cartoon understandable and make sense. I actually had some trouble trying to make an immediately understandable cartoon but I used persuasive techniques to get my point across. I had to take this cartoon from beginning to end and learned from the whole process.