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Welcome, duckies! C’mon in! A little experiment with textures. How do you like it?
Sketch to Photoshop, about 5 hours. Click it for bigger.
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Magnified cruelty? Little Steve was happily frying ants with his magnifying glass… but what happens when he finds that he’s the one under the magnifying glass?
Sketch to Photoshop, about 2 hours. Click it for bigger.
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It’s not easy being a giant robot. Sure, the kids love you, but the adults seem to have issues with property, telephone lines, and potholes. As cautious as a robot can be, well, accidents happen. Don’t they?
From sketch to Photoshop – about an hour.
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Another drawing by Aaron Zenz’s kids at Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty, this time by Lily. Here’s my gouache painting of it that I’ve sent off to Aaron for Lily today. Hope she likes it.
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In the musical comedy, Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse do a dance fantasy in which they get rather wrapped up. That was the inspiration for this.
From sketch to Photoshop – under 4 hours.
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Ah… the family that parades together, stays to – wait a minute… what instrument is little Billy playing?
From sketch to Photoshop – under 2 hours. Click for bigger pic!
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Okay, Jasmine. We have a plate of five cookies. I subtract one and… hey! Where are the cookies? Jasmine!
From sketch to Photoshop – under 3 hours.
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Johnny Appleseed – an American legend. Johnny Appleseed was a real person that spread the joy of apple growing across the United States. He may have not worn a pot as a hat, but even in his time, such stories made him legendary. Read more. I was inspired by Gustaf Tenggren.
From sketch to Photoshop – about 4 hours.
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A breezy swing on a sunny, windy day. The theme is “breezy” and who doesn’t like the wind whistling in your ears as you zip back and forth on a swing? This little girl certainly does.
Drawn in pencil, inked, then scanned and colored in Photoshop. About 2.5 hours.
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The instinct of the cat means the death of a rat. I read Coraline to my daughter a couple of months ago. It was instantly one of our favorite books. We were very excited about the movie. It did not disappoint. It’s very rare to find a movie that so well preserves the spirit of the book. We will be enjoying both the book and the movie again soon.
A bit of a different style for me. What do you think? Photoshop, about an hour (not including time spent sketching out a few ideas), for Illustration Friday. Click it for a better look!
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EDIT (Feb. 21, 2pm): I liked the design and felt it fit well with an old pulp novel sort of feel. I was partly inspired by Spacesick’s wonderful I Can Read Movies series. I designed the book cover and title, using pictures of a button and needle I posterized, then I used the book texture and instructions found here. Try it! It was fun. :)
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A little girl celebrates with her friends, a giraffe and yeti. Yes, if you were friends with a giraffe and yeti, you’d celebrate too.
Drawn in pencil, inked, then scanned and colored in Photoshop. About 3 hours.
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Once upon a time, there was a fairy tale princess… People have been asking me when I was going to do another gouache painting – so I did one! I hope you like it.
Gouache (opaque watercolor) on bristol paper. 9×12 inches. About 7 hours.
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What time is it? The fat hand is up like this. Is that, what, two o’clock? Yes. Or one thirty? Yes. Okay, thanks.
Drawn in pencil, inked, then scanned and colored in Photoshop. About 2 hours. Click it for a larger view.
