Lisa M. Donohue

Visual Design, Illustration, Motion Graphics

"Supper Sea"

Illustrations for the National Park Service

on right, color illustration of 3 humpback whales spyhopping with mountains and glacier in background; left: black and white drawing coloring page

Illustration | Print Design
Printed song books and coloring pages to accompany K-8 lesson plans

Client

National Park Service, Ocean Alaska Science & Learning Center

About the Project

A partner to the "Swimming on Your Back" project, these iIlustrations focus on the life cycle, behavior, and conservation history of the Northern Humpback whale. The project was a collaboration between myself and musician and former Alaska SeaLife Center Education Coordinator and Kenai Fjords Park Ranger Jim Pfieffenberger. Jim and I met remotely each week to exchange concepts, reference material, sketches, and iterations to compliment the lyrics and educational text to his song, "Supper Sea". You can find this song from the "Tunes from the Tides" album here on Spotify.

Placement & Deliverables

Alaska public school lesson plan support materials, K-8

  • 14 full-color illustrations

  • 32-page songbook

  • line art versions to print out and color

Tools

ProCreate, Photoshop, InDesign

Collaborators & Roles

Lisa Donohue / Illustrations & Layout
Jim Pfeiffenberger / Composer, Lyrics
Fiona North / Author

See also: "Swimming on Your Back" Sea Otter project

illustration of whale submerged and clouds of plankton floating, sunset in background
closeup of whale baleen with plankton and krill magnified
"Supper Sea" mockup of open book and cover page

"We're gonna swim, swim,
swim to the supper sea.

Where the buffet's open all night long
and it's all that you can eat."

humpback whales above and below the water surface with island in background
illustration of planet earth showing migration pathways of the humpback whale
group of whales feeding with seagulls flying overhead

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