I just love drawing fat fingers and little kids’ toes. Nothing fierce about those at all.
Click to see it larger. Watercolor and ink with brush.
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Watercolor and ink with brush.
Any dentist that uses needles, drills, picks, cold water, abrasives, scissors, floss, anything with high pitch sounds or tastes bad is still in the dark ages as far as I’m concerned.
Brushed ink lines and watercolor wash.
No time for color this week, just a couple sketches.
Faith is overshadowed by superstition here. The basic idea of this one was from my wife. She may not be artistic, but she’s definitely creative.
It’s a good thing that Thanksgiving is between Halloween and Christmas (at least in the States it is). Acts as a buffer and gives the two extremes a bit of breathing room. The turkey always gets it in the end anyway despite his intentions to make peace.
Hmmm… this might work well for this years’ “Happy Holidays” card.
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.
Maybe it’s the recent road trip to California with young children that has tainted my thought process. Anyhoo, here’s my submission.
Below is another Illustration Friday submission that I just couldn’t finish on time. There’s not much worse than an uninvited visitor asking to stay for just a couple weeks until they get back on their feet. Illustration Friday’s theme: Visitor. I hope to add color soon.
I had one more idea that I just sketched up to get the idea across.
I think I’ve reached a point where I need to feel a little growing pain. Illustration Friday has at times exercised my creativity till it hurt. Themes that seemed totally uninspiring at first, have developed into some of my favorite illustrations after pages of brainstorm-doodling. I think this week’s submission is one of those.
So I’m ready for the next step. Requesting critiques.
I’ve had some amazing artists leave some really nice comments on my blog, and those are very nice emotional back pats, and I still welcome those ;) but if you have any constructive criticism, my arms are open wide.
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