I have been sitting on this sketch for a while. Originally I intended on incorporating text surrounding the bird as a simplistic background but the scenario evolved into something more bittersweet than imagined. Also, I have been working on textiles paired with stylized environmental elements and I was itching to incorporate the cloud in something. So here it is. I can still push this a bit further. I may play with the colors but overall (for a Monday) I am happy with the progress. Looking at this makes me want to go back into the Butterfly Kisses spot art and incorporate some of the pattern accents used in the cloud above so both pieces have more of the same style. Ditto on the I Know I Can chick. We shall see.
Now that I am pulling together rounds of sketches and placing them beside the more finished pieces (instead of throwing them away)—it is interesting to see where I am maximizing my time and at what point I add specific characteristics. If a rough sketch is rough enough that I can't decide if a bird has feet or what is going on around the character I focus on working on areas that I know need to change. When I moved from the rough to the clean sketch, I really wanted to pinpoint the shape of the bird. After completing that I moved to my messy marker habit/stage and added the accents (dots/curls/heavy outline). This helps me figure out what can be played up and what needs to be subdued. Plus, I love the neon green/heavy magenta hyper color; I have a feeling when I move on to streamlining my portraiture style, this hyper color will be tied into them more so than I can do with children-related subject matter.
Labels: SPOT ILLUSTRATIONS
I have been sitting on this sketch for a while. Originally I intended on incorporating text surrounding the bird as a simplistic background but the scenario evolved into something more bittersweet than imagined. Also, I have been working on textiles paired with stylized environmental elements and I was itching to incorporate the cloud in something. So here it is. I can still push this a bit further. I may play with the colors but overall (for a Monday) I am happy with the progress. Looking at this makes me want to go back into the Butterfly Kisses spot art and incorporate some of the pattern accents used in the cloud above so both pieces have more of the same style. Ditto on the I Know I Can chick. We shall see.