I used to be cruel to grasshoppers when I was in primary school in Nigeria. At that time, I did not know that was animal cruelty because we all did it as kids in the school I went to. We would catch grasshoppers and pull of their wings. We did this just so we could watch them walk on our desks. I would sometimes take them home. My mum would shrink from them because she did not like them at all. Sometimes, I would put the grasshopper in a glass jar and turn the jar upside down with no thought about how they'd breathe. I wonder why I did not think they would need to.
Now I know better and would never do that. I don't even know if I have the courage to catch one if I saw it. That's how much I have changed. That being said, I decided to do a grasshopper illustration on procreate. The steps can be found below:
I'm Liza, a Ukrainian-Nigerian digital artist and I'll be happy to hear from you.
