



This is my entry to the THU Golden Ticket Challenge 2019. The topic was "a desirable future" with an emphasis on our inner child.

In the desirable future I am picturing, society has transitioned entirely to renewable energies and changed its society values in order to stop climate change.

Endless growth, competition and hyperconsumerism were replaced by a society that thinks and acts cooperatively on a global scale.





My illustration takes place in a self-sustaining city/building complex in that world.

As the briefing mentions the inner child, I wanted to make a fantastical addition.

I have decided to build my core idea around enhanced plants that have the abilitiy to generate electricty from solar energy.







This scene is an homage to a scene from Karate Kid, where Mr. Miyagi teaches Daniel about Bonsai Trees.

In the case of this world it's a lesson in how to take care of the Solar Trees and make them grow and flourish and finally produce energy from the sun.



The point I want to stress is not that we found an „easy solution“ to save our climate, but rather find a visual way to communicate humanity taking care of nature and living in symbiosis with it.

You can find some more process and concept art steps here: www.artstation.com/artwork/DxV… Hope you like it! Cheers!