Illustration Friday: Cocoon

by garth on May 2, 2010

So, to kill two birds with one stone, I decided to use this week’s Illustration Friday theme to create a new website header. My header has been like Christmas lights that you forget to take down… and in a year, they become useful again ;) Time to change that.

A box of crayons symbolizes a cocoon, where there’s something beautiful inside just waiting to get out and show the world. It’s wonderful to watch a child with a blank piece of paper and a box of crayons and see what they come up with.

Cocoon

{ 8 comments… read them below or add one }

1 amy May 2, 2010 at 11:22 pm

garth, even after all these years i still love looking at your art!

2 heather stillufsen May 3, 2010 at 7:35 am

great! and yes, who doesn’t love a new box of crayons! i love all of the colors in this one!

3 jack foster May 4, 2010 at 3:43 pm

Great one Garth! Love the new header… you’ve inspired me to work on a new one fro myself…. the Christmas lights have been up way too long!

4 Danny Evans May 4, 2010 at 5:31 pm

I think I do that expression 2 sometimes when I draw :-q
v nice work!

5 AG Fabrega May 4, 2010 at 5:55 pm

Love the concept, really like your illustration style.

6 Della May 4, 2010 at 6:36 pm

Perfection! The artist in all of us can totally relate to this concept. (wish I’d thought of it!) ^.^

7 Moira Millman May 5, 2010 at 4:01 am

clever concept – you’re right, crayons are nothing until someone brings them to life! fab colours too:)

8 Muffin May 6, 2010 at 12:26 am

loove this! Colors ARE really magic. :) supercool header.

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