“WARNING” *Illustration Friday *
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So I am back in the saddle again with this “art” thing. I got a new creative space (The Lions Nest) and a whole new attitude, ala Patti LaBelle. So I decided to kick things off by doing an Illustration Friday. I have always loved doing stuff for I.F. I normally work in a digital medium, but I really wanted to try some real media. So I took a stab at watercolor or” watercolour” for my friends to the north…and I had fun. I feel like I was a little heavy handed on pigment. What I really wanted was nice light wash. Also the scan of this is horrible, so if anyone has suggestions on how to capture real media digitally, please let me know.
As far as content, this was on of the first ideas I had when I though about warnings…don’t know why. I mean its been months since I poked a bear with a stick.
Crits welcome…
Ry
“STRONG” *Illustration Friday *
So here is my take on “strong”. Man I wish I didn’t have a regular job so I could spend more time on these. I like the idea of having ridiculous circus acts. I may go deeper into creating more and more ridiculous ones just because. I am doing a watercolor version of this piece at home…I may post that when I am done. I’m just so slow at using watercolor. Oh well…between playing BEATLES™ ROCK BAND™ and watching Beverly Hills Chihuahua I was able to come up with this!
I wish I was lying about watching that movie!
Ry
“MAGNIFY” *Illustration Friday *
So here is my new one. I got the idea right away for some reason. I have had my share of pouring salt on snails. I don’t remember enjoying it, well maybe a little, I mean come on, you hold the POWER OF LIFE in your sweet little, chubby, booger coated fingers. Who would have thought something so enjoyable on eggs could be so so deadly! And really who was the first kid to do this…and how many other things did he/she pour salt on before hitting the JACKPOT!!!
As for the coloring i have tried to stay away from digital coloring. I find that having SO many options actually makes it more difficult. You don’t have to think as much, and for me I need all the thinking time I can get! But for the sake of time I colored this one digitally…hopefully back to traditional next week!
"WRAPPED" *Illustration Friday *
So I decided that I should maybe start drawing again…I mean, I did go to school for it. But now that I live the life as a “designer” I don’t get to do much drawing or original art. This made me realize, now that I am an old man I need to start doing the things I like to do….like drawing, picking fights with toddlers and ballroom dancing. Here is my quick piece on “wrapped”.
-Ry
"Super Hero" *Illustration Friday*
Happy New Year!
I haven’t done this (Illustration Friday) for a while and I didn’t really have time to color so i did a quick pass at it. This idea just kind of stuck me as funny! I remember as a kid I would do this and pretend I was flying. Until the day my face got too low and it slid on the dirt below…that was not fun! This makes me think about how now a days parks are WAY to kid friendly. What ever happened to Dirt, Grass & Asphalt. You know stuff that can hurt you but not kill you. Now the ground is all rubber and the play sets are plastic…back in my day they were metal. Remember sliding down a HOT metal slide…man those were the days!
"SMOKE" *Illustration Friday*
Well here I am once again, this week was kind of hard. I have been sleep deprived and just overall slow going. I got this idea from my girlfriend Vanessa…She suggested the guy from Alice in Wonderland smoking! So once again I did most of the work during my lunch hour from work. I have been working on my coloring skillz, I’d say it is my weakness but I will keep pluggin’ away at it until I get it right.
Thanks for everyone who comments, it really helps!
"WIND" *Illustration Friday*
Well it is that time again! Here is my idea for Illustration Friday. I changed the composition a few times and am trying new stuff with color…Like coloring the lines and not just leaving them black. It been such a challenge trying to do these between work and all, but in the long run it really pushes me to be creative and not just go home and sit in front of the TV!
"GHOST" *Illustration Friday *
Well here is my entry for Illustration Friday. It’s a take on the “Ghost Hunter” TV shows, where people pretend they hear and see ghost. I personally can’t watch it cause I get to scared. Kinda’ like when I HEAR the “Unsolved Mystery’s” theme song I just get all freaked out. That’s right I am a 29 year old beast of a man scared of ghost, monsters and especially aliens!
Enjoy!
Ry
"Smitten" *Illustration Friday!*
I am the kind of guy that needs to be TOLD what to do! That said my friend Richard Pose directed me to the website/blog “Illutration Friday” , where they give you a topic each weeka nd you do a drawing on it! Well here is my first go and the topic was “Smitten”. I sketched and inked and colored during my lunch hours this week off and on. I can see myself really gettig into this…fun and you have to be kind of fast. So without further ado here it is! On to next week challange!