A Conspiracy of Animal Names




Have you ever heard the expression "a murder of crows" or "a seething of eels"?  How about an "exaltation of swallows" or a "shiver of sharks"?

There are a number of interesting and descriptive names for various groups of animals and for your Final Exam you are going to illustrate one of them. Your challenge is to use the group name as a point of conceptual departure for your design.

Please visit the link below to explore unusual animal group names. You will be responsible for completing 1 design that combines the name of an animal group with a concept illustrating that name. The group names must be part of the designs.

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/99-strange-collective-animal-names

Dimensions: 8" x 10"
Resolution: 300ppi

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