TOMI
Embarking on a mission to reach the Center and represent grasslands' animals in the council for life preservation during the upcoming landing, Tomi ventures beyond her home for the first time. Along her journey through the colossal spaceship, she encounters alien technologies, diverse inhabitants, and surreal landscapes.
After acclimating to this new world and earning her place on the council, Tomi unravels the hidden purpose behind this ambitious mission.
Process: sketches, feeling awe and the sublime from paintings, frankenstein, creating society and context, crafting and science, finding tone of voice, proofread, repeat.
Inspiration: "To Be Taught, if Fortunate" by Becky Chambers, posthuman arrival, ancient technologies
STORY
TOMI, a 14-year-old conservationist, dreams of Earth's revival. She embarks on a mission to join the council for life preservation on an immense spaceship, encountering unfamiliar technologies and inhabitants along the way. As she becomes a council member, she uncovers the true purpose behind the mission.
STUDY
The story explores philosophical questions about responsibilities, grief, apathy and hope for things that are yet to come not for oneself but for future generations.
The journey is accompanied by themes of maturing and coming to terms with the limitations of one's own lifetime, as well as the deep love for the beauty of life and nature in environments that seem to make this impossible.
© 2023 by Mascha Hlushchenko