Jump
Posted on | April 29, 2012 | 8 Comments
Here’s one from the archives for this week’s Illustration Friday word, Jump. I visited my friend Lynne last summer and threw a deflated soccer ball for her german short-haired pointer a bazillion times while we sat and caught up on things. That dog was tireless and man can she jump!
Starfish
Posted on | April 9, 2012 | No Comments
What a wonderful world . . .
Getting Vocal
Posted on | April 6, 2012 | No Comments
Well, how about that. This week’s Illustration Friday topic, Vocal, is a perfect fit for this illustration I did recently for an event poster. The event, called “Poet vs. Poet”, features spoken word and written word poets in a feisty debate about the two genres.
This one is different from some of the other illustrations I’ve posted recently. I’ve used this approach a couple of times for black-and-white illustrations. After sketching things out a bit, I do the linework out of cut paper, something nice and solid like black Artagain paper from Strathmore. I then scan it and vectorize it in illustrator. Usually the linework is done in a few parts which I can move around and scale a bit if needed.
I’m not sure why cutting things up makes me so much happier than just doing it all native in Illustrator, but it does. I guess I just haven’t come that far since kindergarten.
Return
Posted on | April 2, 2012 | 2 Comments
For this week’s Illustration Friday word, Return. What a fertile word! So many ways to go with this one. I started by looking at some of the faces I had in my sketchbook. Last year, I did a lot of surreptitious bus sketching. It’s a great way to gather a lot of different faces, hairstyles, and clothing detail. And glasses. You won’t believe how many people wear glasses until you start sketching the bus-riding public. Only trouble is that the gestures and facial expressions, while natural, tend to fall into a fairly narrow gamut of staring-into-the-distance. Or downcast eyes and hands holding phones.
Swamp
Posted on | March 28, 2012 | 6 Comments
Here’s a loose and moody piece for this week’s Illustration Friday topic, Swamp. The background layer is painted with acrylic, and the rest of the image is composed from monotypes which have been scanned and composited digitally. I worked pretty loosely on this one, with just a general idea of the imagery I wanted to work with. I’m still really liking this process and how it lets me improvise.
(fuh-fuh-fuh) Fire!
Posted on | March 25, 2012 | No Comments
Fire? Say it like Basil Fawlty, everyone!
On one of my early trips to BC, we visited G’s parents in the Okanagan during the summer of fire. This piece comes from my memories of visiting the beautiful Mission Hill vineyard on the west side of the lake, looking across at Okanagan Mountain park burning on the east side. Strange and surreal contrasts.
Shades
Posted on | March 22, 2012 | No Comments
This week’s Illustration Friday word was Shades. This piece combines painted and cut paper and monoprint, collaged digitally. I’ve been taking inspiration from the collection of vintage magazines we picked up a few years ago at a library sale. Some of my sketches for this were from travel advertisements from the 50’s.
Intention
Posted on | March 7, 2012 | 6 Comments
For Illustration Friday’s word Intention, I decided to try out a familiar story: Red Riding Hood. Here she is, with every intention of going straight to grandma’s house. But those flowers in the forest are too lovely to resist. . .
Salmon bear
Posted on | February 27, 2012 | No Comments
I’m working on developing more complex imagery with the monoprint technique. I like how this way of working helps me focus on the big shapes, working from larger to smaller.
Capable
Posted on | February 27, 2012 | 4 Comments
This piece was inspired by this week’s Illustration Friday word Capable. I was thinking about the great feeling you get from riding a bike, and what a big skill that is to learn as a kid.
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