A green praying mantis with glowing orange wings leaps toward a white moth on a leaf in a predator-prey scene.

My final artwork is a visual interpretation of a predator-prey encounter in midair. I chose to represent the predator as a praying mantis, because its raptorial front legs, triangular head, and forward-facing eyes are perfect for expressing motion and attack. I designed its body to resemble a fresh, green flower stem—smooth but segmented like armor—to represent agility and natural beauty. Its wings were inspired by molten lava, so I used flowing, curved shapes with intense contrast in shading to give them a fiery, petal-like appearance. The mantis is captured mid-leap, flying across the page from lower left to upper right. To represent motion, I drew multiple faded versions of the mantis behind the main figure—like visual echoes—to imply the speed and force of the jump. Its shadowed legs trail behind, adding to the feeling of urgency and focus. The mantis’s head is tilted toward its prey, with the spiked forelegs raised and poised to strike. The prey is a delicate white moth, shown much smaller and facing away. It rests on a narrow leaf near the center-right of the composition. I shaded its wings softly to give them a powdered, velvety look, evoking the idea of purity and softness. The rounded wings and fuzzy body create contrast against the predator’s sharp lines. To emphasize depth and distance, I slightly blurred the moth, and used thinner, lighter lines to show it is farther away. The background is nearly black with faint texture, giving the feel of a silent, vast, See more