Posts Tagged ‘animal’
the birds
Monday, March 15th, 2010
These guys got rather quiet and watched me nervously while I drew them, as though they thought I was possibly planning to eat them. I can’t see why they would suspect me. I’ve never made any attempt on their lives. Amazingly, neither has the cat.
Big blue
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
A “conversation I’ve never had,” my idea so far for a submission for the Nobrow Press open invitation illustration project. (Check out the other entries in the Flickr group here.)
I’m still not sure about the design, so it might evolve over the coming week. I wanted it dark and mysterious and murky, but it ended up just looking dark and, uh, dark. I think the more monochromatic version works better. It’s less cheerful. Here you can see the original painting~
I also wanted to add some text, as it is meant to be a conversation. I had various hackneyed ideas about how krill tastes, favorite whale songs, etc., but I went for “how do you breathe when you’re asleep?” because it’s something I’d actually like to know. Blue whales do not breathe involuntarily like us. Do they sleep at all? I could probably look this up right now on wikipedia, but I’d rather leave the questions unanswered for the moment…
sketchbook elephants
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
I’m currently working on an illustration that involves drawing an elephant head. Even though the final is going to need to be cartoony, I like to start by getting familiar with the anatomy of the creature I’m dealing with. Plus elephants are fun to draw. They’re just so wonderfully wrinkly.
I remember the first time I fed an elephant, in India in 2007. She was an elephant who worked for the government, hauling trees in the forest. It was amazing to see her eat cauliflower in a single bite and crunch on sugar cane as though it were a green bean. She seemed so intelligent, too. When she looked at me, it made me wonder what she was thinking.
Here’s a less realistic elephant:
Fishes
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Fishes. Because really, why not? I think that happy yellow guy on the right side is my fav.
Another greeting card
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
This one a new idea. This is how it might be from the front:
And then like this on the inside:
I’m not sure on my textured background. It was originally green, which was also a nice color. Maybe it would be better to have a different color or texture on the inside of the card? Anyway I’m experimenting with it at the moment. And as for text, there I’m completely lost… I imagine it would be a sort of general greeting card. Any ideas or suggestions?
Here’s the green version. Which do you prefer?
