Friday, May 3, 2013

Farewell

The theme for Illustration Friday this past week was Farewell.  I was an over-achiever and made two pages...

Here's the first one:



This first one is much more cartoonish; it was something I thought of and just went from brain to paper..

Here's the second one I did:


This second one is a little less cartoonish.  For it, I found an image on Pinterest that inspired the page.   This one is not quite finished.  I have a little more shading work I want to do, but I also wanted to get in under the wire with it for the challenge, so I'm sharing it partway unfinished.

These two pages have shown me that if I want to do something cartoonish, I can draw it right out of my head.  If I want to draw something more realistic, I have to be looking at something real, but what I draw won't necessarily look just like the inspiration image.  I just need it for reference sometimes...

Now that I'm aware of it, I think I can work to make what comes out of my head a little more true to life, at least sometimes.  I don't mind cartoonish.

This was a fun challenge/prompt for me.  I found I could play with the 'Farewell' theme quite a few more times and still have ideas for more pages at the end!  Maybe I need a whole farewell-themed journal...

6 comments:

  1. Wow Wow and Wow! I so love your work! These are great. I am also working on some drawings of my own. I did an abstract and I am going to mount her on tracing paper with a sheet music underneath and then onto some canvas and she will hang on my wall. I am always so inspired by you, Sweet....keep up the wonderful work that you do. <3

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    1. Thanks, my Cheryl! I loved your abstract one you shared in the group! Was that the same one you mentioned here? I think that was such a cool concept and it came out so neat!

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  2. Very nice. I like the girl walking on the road the best. I appreciate you explaining your process.

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    1. Thanks Boo! I am happy with how the shadow on the road came out especially...she looks like she's walking up a steep road, but she just keeps going!

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  3. Sweet, this is really nice, you are growing....

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    1. Thanks Gabriele! I keep practicing and practicing and it's nice to know that all that hard (but still fun!) work is paying off a little! :)

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