Although scolded every time, juggling the farm animals was a habit Cindy couldn’t kick until her early teens.
Update:
I played with this a little more to give it a warmer hand sketched look. I kinda dig the rougher feel of the cow below. What do you think? What style do you think children’s book publishers would welcome more? Click on the cow to see it up close.
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Very pretty and happy!!
these farm animals are so adorable!
This is great- I love your charaters- the caow is gnarley!
It is a very clean and fresh image. I hope that the Cindy doesn’t drop the chicken’s eggs!
This is SUper!
I love it!
Very expressive!
Ha!! I love this well-choreographed chaos you’ve got going on here here. Clearly Cindy’s got some skills. I love how unfazed the animals look– like this is a weekly occurrence they’ve just learned to live with. :)
i love it!
LOVE IT!!! Great idea and cool style. :)
I love this! Very funny and cute. I guess the horse in the back is thinking…”no, not me…please..” :0)
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Just GREAT !!!
Ha…I thought the same thing about the horse – cute detail to include! That Cindy REALLY needs to be wearing safety gear!! This is so very clever, crisp, and really cute and endearing. As to the styles that children’s book publishers would like – I was recently given a very good piece of advice – “there is no substitute for good design” – and you have that nailed – your character work is superb! I happen to like the sketchy version of the cow because it gave her a bit more dimension – she pops more – but again, your fundamentals are more than sound – your image is delightful and would be a memorable one for kids and adults alike. Just love it!!
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I really like the extra mile you went to add more sketchiness. I think it also adds more motion. It would add a lot more interest to the whole thing and would be less flat. Your question about the children’s book preference is a good question I’ve been asking myself too. It seems like they like warmer, hand-done (looking) work more.
Fantastic! Great characters! Love this illo.
I think the second style is warmer. :)
Great illo! fantastic characters. I like your hand sketchy look a lot – i think the shadows would probably make the characters really pop and you’re right, it does have a warmer feel to it which is always good. great work!
Wonderful funny happy work.
I haven’t a clue what publishers would prefer but I love the sketchy cow.
Thank you everyone. What a great community of friendly artists. We should all do lunch sometime.
Garth,
Thanks for the kind words you left on my blog; I really appreciate it. Good luck with the whole working at home thing. I hope you can concentrate enough to get your work done.
Speaking of your work… It’s fantastic! Your portfolio is amazing. Good job!
Hello webmaster…I Googled for lil kim image, but found your page about tration Friday: Juggle at…and have to say thanks. nice read.
OMG this is rocks!!
Oops, I meant “This rocks” :-) I really love these animal characters!