wear a mask of yourself: initial ideas

 my initial ideas were that i wanted to create something that showed how i felt. mostly about moving to university and how intimidating and scary it was. 
with this concept i decided to do the 'wild animal' idea, as i thought photographing an animal in a city would create a nice concept and show how out of body it feels to be in a new place and away from home.
however i wanted to keep it somewhat lighthearted so i thought doing a cartoon based drawing might make it more appealing than something more realistic.