a knack for art
September 17th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Posted by mike in illustration friday

welcome - a little girl welcomes a duck and ducklings into her homeWelcome, duckies! C’mon in! A little experiment with textures. How do you like it?

Sketch to Photoshop, about 5 hours. Click it for bigger.


22 Responses to “Illustration Friday – Welcome”

  1. 1
    sandra vargas Said: @11:07 pm 

    Great artwork Mike! Sooo pretty and perfect for the topic! It reminds me of my old apartment, every time I opened the door I was welcomed by lots of cute green headed ducks…

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    pencil pocket Said: @1:16 am 

    Nice work! I really like the textures, especially the bushes! :)

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    theartofpuro Said: @2:36 am 

    Lovely illo, and great texture

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    Angela Matteson Said: @5:11 am 

    I love her exuberant welcome. Absolutely stellar work Mike!! :)

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    roberta baird Said: @5:20 am 

    I like it! and the textures are a lot of fun to work with aren’t they!

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    nina seven Said: @9:00 am 

    very cool, mike! the textures add a lot of dimension to the piece. love your little girl, too, she’s adorable!

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    Josh Billings Said: @9:25 am 

    Your texture experiment went well. You have done it tastefully and the way you used it works well with your style. Nice piece overall.

    Thank you so much for “Kitty Goes To The Moon.”

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    zari Said: @11:27 am 

    It’s a really cute and excellent “Welcome” illo!… The girl looks so happy, the perspective view is great and textures were so delicately applied…great job Mike!

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    froggie Said: @6:05 am 

    oooo!!! i want duckies to come to my house!!! :))

    they could eat the 6th finger…so uneccessary!

    how ARREEE you mikey? how’s the tummy? mwah!!

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    Brian Gubicza Said: @5:53 am 

    Awesome.
    really nice feel to this illustration

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    Amber Said: @9:00 pm 

    The textures are lovely. I especially love the concrete and the duckies backs. She’s perfect. Her expression is so clear and I adore how she’s thrown that door back to make sure they come marching right in.

  12. 12
    mike Said: @8:34 am 

    Thanks, everyone! I’ll use this technique more often. It’s fun. I still prefer doing things from scratch though. :)

  13. 13
    Alina Said: @2:43 pm 

    Oooh this is too CUTE!! Charming story telling !!

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    Alina Said: @2:43 pm 

    Oooh this is too CUTE!! Charming story telling !!

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    teri Said: @6:43 am 

    what a great scene!!

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    alicia padron Said: @9:50 am 

    Oh this is awesome! Too cute Mike! :o)

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    Juie Said: @7:08 am 

    adorable!

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    deborah mori Said: @7:40 pm 

    Love your little ducks! As always, very nice. The texture is fun too!

    I left something at my blog for you… come and get it whenever you can.

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    sketched out Said: @12:25 pm 

    Oooh, I like the clever way you incorporated the texture into your already wonderful drawing. Fantastic!

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    Ben Hatke Said: @12:47 pm 

    Open the door for Ducks! So cute!

    I’m just exploring new blogs on a friday and goodness, yours is a nice find. Thanks for posting.

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    lisa Said: @3:32 pm 

    Very cool. Her expression is terrific and I do enjoy the added textures to the composition, it is a nice juxtaposition of effects/colors. It adds a nice quality to the piece. Thanks for sharing.

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    darryn Said: @4:15 pm 

    fantastic illo

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