Small Hope

My first finished foray into digital painting
(As it completely digital from sketch to final picture)

This is for 's contest about
the consequences of our degrading environment,
the joy of planting a tree or rehabilitating an endangered species, etc.
Basically anything that can convey the need for us to go green and motivate others to do so.

So the first image that came to mind was a horizon of factories spewing out filth into already dirty air
And a child finds a single seedling and weeps with hope and despair for the future
(If you can zoom in, you might be able to see the tears)

The background actually reminds me of the setting for Jack Heath's The Lab