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some more from the 52 week illustration challenge

23/8/2017

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These are from Week 30 to Week 33 #illo52weeks.
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The theme for Week 30 was Home, and for a change I did this one 100% digitally.  Yes, there is an influence from Martin Crane's beloved chair in the TV sit-com 'Frasier'.  
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Week 31's theme was Tools. I decided against a garage wall scene, and although a Wile E. Coyote with ACME products was tempting, I finally went with this....since Father's Day is approaching.
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Week 32's theme was Secret. A well fortified box is where many of us would like to keep our secrets safe.
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The theme for Week 33 was Sadness. I decided to experiment with some wet wash effects for this one. Here is the first version, which is cropped. 
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For this second version I adjusted the colour brightness to get the image closer to the original idea I wanted to achieve.
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I know I haven't posted anything yet about the First Flight course with Oatley Academy. I've done plenty of sketches and mood boards, and I'll get around to sharing some of them soon.
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silly animals

26/8/2016

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I am getting close to submitting the third set of artworks for assessment to the London Art College's correspondence course D6 Illustrating Children's Books.

Of the set, the first part is a smaller project, outline drawings of animals doing silly things.

The brief went something like this: Make 3 or 4 loose bold outline drawings of animals doing silly things. Use bold and simple shapes. Draw with thick, soft pencil or crayon, and use a different primary colour for each animal. Add a contrasting colour for interest. When dry add more line detail. Keep your audience of young children in mind.

This exercise was well outside my comfort zone, because I love using close ink detail and loose work does not come naturally.

Here are the initial ideas I had, in my usual style:
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I had to go much larger, and with thicker pencil. You can see here my pencil tests and the development of the horse, kangaroo and kookaburra ideas.
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The next sketches explore the dancing bird and the kookaburra further:
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And some more ideas, with the emu, kangaroo, horse, echidna and kookaburra. 
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The next step was to give it a go on good cartridge paper. Here's a progress scan.
We have the horse with the top hat, (blue with orange contrast); the dancing bird/emu, (yellow with purple contrast) and the kookaburra listening to music (red with green contrast).
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Now to add the extra pencil detail.
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I didn't want to go further and ruin them, so I decided not to redo them on heavier paper. But I did try to clean them up with Photoshop.
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I think I am happy with the final result. The more I look at them, the happier I get.

So I decided to explore the thick pencil style a bit further and used it for my Father's Day picture. Firstly, here's the pencil sketch:
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And trying 'to keep it loose', here's the first wash.
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Another set of washes, and the image will get clearer:
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And adding in some more line work, and a bit more colour detail:
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With the final touches in Photoshop, it is now ready to go on this year's batch of Father's Day cards.
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So all in all, a very interesting exercise/project, despite all my initial misgivings.
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